How common is the surname Cofield?

5,319 people in the United States had the surname Cofield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,046 Americans. It ranked 6,396th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Cofield getting more or less common?

More common. 5,112 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,319 in 2010, up 4.0%.

The surname Cofield

A surname, carried by 5,319 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C143

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cofield is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,319 people named Cofield in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 58,046 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,112.

#6,396

rank among US surnames

5,319

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+4%

change since 2000 (was #6,172)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,388	Klaus	5,328	57,948
#6,389	Haupt	5,327	57,959
#6,391	Elwell	5,326	57,969
#6,392	Schroder	5,325	57,980
#6,393	McMillin	5,323	58,002
#6,394	Golding	5,321	58,024
#6,395	Babbitt	5,320	58,035

Who is named Cofield

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

58% of people named Cofield identified as Black (not Hispanic), 37% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 58%
White (not Hispanic) 37%
Two or more races 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cofield

Cofield has the Soundex code C143, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C143.

Questions

How common is the surname Cofield?: 5,319 people in the United States had the surname Cofield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,046 Americans. It ranked 6,396th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cofield?: In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Cofield identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 37% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Cofield getting more or less common?: More common. 5,112 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,319 in 2010, up 4.0%.