The surname Coker
A surname, carried by 23,348 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex C260
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 23,348 people named Coker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,224 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 22,636.
Who is named Coker
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
82% of people named Coker identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 82%
- Black (not Hispanic) 12%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
- Two or more races 1.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Famous Cokers
2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- William Chambers CokerAmerican mycologist and botanist (1872–1953)
- Gareth CokerBritish composer, born 1984
Notable Cokers come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Coker has the Soundex code C260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C260.
Questions
- How common is the surname Coker?
- 23,348 people in the United States had the surname Coker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,224 Americans. It ranked 1,541st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Coker?
- In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Coker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Coker?
- William Chambers Coker, American mycologist and botanist (1872–1953), followed by Gareth Coker.
- Where is the surname Coker most common?
- Wikidata records people named Coker in the United States and the United Kingdom.
- Is the surname Coker getting more or less common?
- More common. 22,636 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,348 in 2010, up 3.1%.