# Coffin (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/coffin/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,312 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,274 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 37,145 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.6% (8,183 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Coffing |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Coffin in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Coffin in the United States.

## People named Coffin

- Frederick Coffin, American actor (1943-2003)
- Levi Coffin, American educator and abolitionist (1798-1877)
- Edmund Coffin, American equestrian (born 1955)
- Martha Coffin Wright, American activist (1806–1875)
- Tris Coffin, American actor (1909-1990)
- Elizabeth Coffin, artist, educator and philanthropist (1850-1930)
- William Sloane Coffin, American clergyman and peace activist (1924–2006)
- Jeff Coffin, American musician
- Lucretia Mott, American quaker missionary

## Similar surnames

Covin, Covino, Chaffin, Cobian, Coppin, Chapin, Caban, Capone, Chauvin, Chafin, Cavin, Capuano.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.