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    The surname Cohoon

    A surname, carried by 1,487 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C500

    Cohoon: #18,550 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cohoon #18,550, 1,487 people Cohoon: #18,550 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cohoon #18,550, 1,487 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cohoon is more common than 88.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,487 people named Cohoon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 207,630 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,484.

    #18,550
    rank among US surnames
    1,487
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.2%
    change since 2000 (was #17,505)

    Who is named Cohoon

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

    95% of people named Cohoon identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    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 Cohoons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Hannah Cohoon
      American artist (1781-1864)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cohoon

    Cohoon has the Soundex code C500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Cohoon?
    1,487 people in the United States had the surname Cohoon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 207,630 Americans. It ranked 18,550th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cohoon?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Cohoon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Cohoon?
    Hannah Cohoon, American artist (1781-1864).
    Where is the surname Cohoon most common?
    Wikidata records people named Cohoon in the United States.
    Is the surname Cohoon getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,484 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,487 in 2010, up 0.2%.