How common is the surname Coggins?

7,722 people in the United States had the surname Coggins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,983 Americans. It ranked 4,594th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Coggins getting more or less common?

Less common. 7,868 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,722 in 2010, down 1.9%.

The surname Coggins

An Irish surname, carried by 7,722 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C252

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Coggins is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of Coogan.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,722 people named Coggins in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,983 Americans. That is down 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,868.

#4,594

rank among US surnames

7,722

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

-1.9%

change since 2000 (was #4,176)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,585	Frazer	7,743	39,874
#4,586	Barela	7,739	39,895
#4,587	Southern	7,738	39,900
#4,589	Bahr	7,731	39,936
#4,590	Bickford	7,728	39,952
#4,592	Kraemer	7,726	39,962
#4,593	Angell	7,725	39,967

Who is named Coggins

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

84% of people named Coggins identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Coggins

Cousins

Coggins has the Soundex code C252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C252.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Coggins come from?: Variant of Coogan.
How common is the surname Coggins?: 7,722 people in the United States had the surname Coggins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,983 Americans. It ranked 4,594th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Coggins?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Coggins identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Coggins getting more or less common?: Less common. 7,868 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,722 in 2010, down 1.9%.