How common is the surname Coghlan?

1,856 people in the United States had the surname Coghlan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 166,350 Americans. It ranked 15,712th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Coghlan?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Coghlan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Coghlan?

Frank Coghlan, Jr., actor (1916-2009), followed by Lorraine Coghlan.

Where is the surname Coghlan most common?

Wikidata records people named Coghlan in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Coghlan getting more or less common?

More common. 1,769 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,856 in 2010, up 4.9%.

The surname Coghlan

An Irish surname, carried by 1,856 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C245

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Coghlan is more common than 90.3% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of Coughlin.

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 1,856 people named Coghlan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 166,350 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,769.

#15,712

rank among US surnames

1,856

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+4.9%

change since 2000 (was #15,263)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,709	Tibbitts	1,857	166,260
#15,712	Maass	1,856	166,350
#15,719	Broadhurst	1,855	166,440

Who is named Coghlan

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

95% of people named Coghlan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Coghlans

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Frank Coghlan, Jr.
Actor (1916-2009)
Lorraine Coghlan
Australian tennis player, born 1937
Chris Coghlan
American baseball player, born 1985

Notable Coghlans come mostly from the United States (2) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Coghlan

Coghlan has the Soundex code C245, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C245.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Coghlan come from?: Variant of Coughlin.
How common is the surname Coghlan?: 1,856 people in the United States had the surname Coghlan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 166,350 Americans. It ranked 15,712th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Coghlan?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Coghlan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Coghlan?: Frank Coghlan, Jr., actor (1916-2009), followed by Lorraine Coghlan.
Where is the surname Coghlan most common?: Wikidata records people named Coghlan in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname Coghlan getting more or less common?: More common. 1,769 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,856 in 2010, up 4.9%.