How common is the surname Coles?

14,449 people in the United States had the surname Coles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,368 Americans. It ranked 2,505th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Coles?

Bimbo Coles, American basketball player (born 1968), followed by Kim Coles.

Where is the surname Coles most common?

Wikidata records people named Coles in the United States and the United Kingdom.

How do you pronounce Coles?

Coles is /koʊlz/, one syllable.

Is the surname Coles getting more or less common?

More common. 13,641 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,449 in 2010, up 5.9%.

The surname Coles

A patronymic surname, carried by 14,449 people in the United States.

Pronounced /koʊlz/ 1 syllable Soundex C420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Coles is more common than 98.5% of them.

Origin

From Cole + -s (“patronymic suffix”).

Coles is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 14,449 people named Coles in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 21,368 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,641.

#2,505

rank among US surnames

14,449

people in 2010

4.9

per 100,000 Americans

+5.9%

change since 2000 (was #2,431)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,496	Limon	14,472	21,334
#2,497	Diggs	14,467	21,341
#2,498	Parish	14,466	21,343
#2,499	Luong	14,464	21,346
#2,500	Resendiz	14,457	21,356
#2,501	Echols	14,456	21,358
#2,503	Worthington	14,452	21,364

Who is named Coles

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

49% of people named Coles identified as Black (not Hispanic), 44% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 49%
White (not Hispanic) 44%
Two or more races 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Coless

9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bimbo Coles
American basketball player (born 1968)
Kim Coles
American actress and comedian, born 1962
Johnny Coles
American trumpeter (1926–1997)
Edward Coles
2nd governor of Illinois (1786-1868)
Charles Coles
American tap dancer (1911-1992)
Peter Coles
British astrophysicist, born 1963
Abraham Coles
American physician and poet (1813–1891)
Nat King Cole
American singer and jazz pianist (1919–1965)
Ghostface Killah
American rapper (born 1970)

Notable Coless come mostly from the United States (8) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Coles

Coles has the Soundex code C420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C420.

Questions

Where does the surname Coles come from?: From Cole + -s (“patronymic suffix”).
How common is the surname Coles?: 14,449 people in the United States had the surname Coles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,368 Americans. It ranked 2,505th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Coles?: In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Coles identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 44% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Coles?: Bimbo Coles, American basketball player (born 1968), followed by Kim Coles.
Where is the surname Coles most common?: Wikidata records people named Coles in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Coles?: Coles is /koʊlz/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Coles?: Coles is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Coles getting more or less common?: More common. 13,641 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,449 in 2010, up 5.9%.