# Coke (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/coke/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,820 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,209 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 109,484 people |
| Change since 2000 | +12% (2,513 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /koʊk/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Coke in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 66% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 28% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Coke in the United States.

## People named Coke

- Richard Coke, American politician (1829-1897)
- Phil Coke, American professional baseball pitcher

## Similar surnames

Cook, Cooke, Cock, Cooksey, Cooks, Cosey, Couse, Cox, Casey, Chase, Case, Cash.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.