How common is the surname Coghill?

1,447 people in the United States had the surname Coghill in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 213,369 Americans. It ranked 18,883rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Coghill?

Jack Coghill, American politician (1925–2019).

Where is the surname Coghill most common?

Wikidata records people named Coghill in the United States.

Is the surname Coghill getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,476 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,447 in 2010, down 2.0%.

The surname Coghill

An English place surname, carried by 1,447 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Coghill is more common than 88.4% of them.

Origin

English origin

Habitational surname from a place in North Yorkshire, from Old English cot (“cottage”) + Old Norse kelda (“well, spring”).

Coghill is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,447 people named Coghill in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 213,369 Americans. That is down 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,476.

#18,883

rank among US surnames

1,447

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-2%

change since 2000 (was #17,566)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,877	Serino	1,448	213,222
#18,883	Getman	1,447	213,369
#18,888	Rezac	1,446	213,517

Who is named Coghill

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

88% of people named Coghill identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 2.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Coghills

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jack Coghill
American politician (1925–2019)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Cohill

Surnames that sound like Coghill

Coghill has the Soundex code C240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C240.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Coghill come from?: Habitational surname from a place in North Yorkshire, from Old English cot (“cottage”) + Old Norse kelda (“well, spring”).
How common is the surname Coghill?: 1,447 people in the United States had the surname Coghill in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 213,369 Americans. It ranked 18,883rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Coghill?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Coghill identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Coghill?: Jack Coghill, American politician (1925–2019).
Where is the surname Coghill most common?: Wikidata records people named Coghill in the United States.
What type of surname is Coghill?: Coghill is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Coghill getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,476 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,447 in 2010, down 2.0%.
What are other spellings of Coghill?: Cohill.