How common is the surname Coffin?

8,312 people in the United States had the surname Coffin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,145 Americans. It ranked 4,274th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Coffin?

Frederick Coffin, American actor (1943-2003), followed by Levi Coffin.

Where is the surname Coffin most common?

Wikidata records people named Coffin in the United States.

Is the surname Coffin getting more or less common?

More common. 8,183 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,312 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname Coffin

A surname, carried by 8,312 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C150

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Coffin is more common than 97.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,312 people named Coffin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,145 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,183.

#4,274

rank among US surnames

8,312

people in 2010

2.8

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #3,985)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,265	Hauck	8,322	37,100
#4,266	Hutcheson	8,321	37,104
#4,267	Faison	8,320	37,109
#4,269	Melchor	8,319	37,113
#4,270	Burchett	8,318	37,118
#4,272	Abdullah	8,314	37,136
#4,273	Orosco	8,313	37,140

Who is named Coffin

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

91% of people named Coffin identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Coffins

9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1965
Lucretia Mott
American quaker missionary, 1793–1880

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Coffing

Surnames that sound like Coffin

Coffin has the Soundex code C150, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C150.

Questions

How common is the surname Coffin?: 8,312 people in the United States had the surname Coffin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,145 Americans. It ranked 4,274th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Coffin?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Coffin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Coffin?: Frederick Coffin, American actor (1943-2003), followed by Levi Coffin.
Where is the surname Coffin most common?: Wikidata records people named Coffin in the United States.
Is the surname Coffin getting more or less common?: More common. 8,183 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,312 in 2010, up 1.6%.
What are other spellings of Coffin?: Coffing.