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    The surname Cokley

    An Irish surname, carried by 1,060 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C240

    Cokley: #23,837 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Cokley #23,837, 1,060 people Cokley: #23,837 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Cokley #23,837, 1,060 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cokley is more common than 85.3% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Variant of Coakley.

    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 1,060 people named Cokley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 291,269 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 877.

    #23,837
    rank among US surnames
    1,060
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +20.9%
    change since 2000 (was #26,215)

    Who is named Cokley

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

    69% of people named Cokley identified as Black (not Hispanic), 23% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 69%
    • White (not Hispanic) 23%
    • Two or more races 3.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cokley

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

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Cokley come from?
    Variant of Coakley.
    How common is the surname Cokley?
    1,060 people in the United States had the surname Cokley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 291,269 Americans. It ranked 23,837th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cokley?
    In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Cokley identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 23% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Cokley getting more or less common?
    More common. 877 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,060 in 2010, up 21%.