# Coltrane (surname)

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

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,123 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,809 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 274,929 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.1% (1,100 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkoʊltɹeɪn/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Coltrain |

## Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Coltaráin.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Coltrane 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) | 74% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 22% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Coltrane in the United States.

## People named Coltrane

- John Coltrane, American jazz saxophonist (1926–1967)
- Alice Coltrane, American jazz musician
- Ellar Coltrane, American actor
- Ravi Coltrane, American jazz saxophonist (born 1965)
- Chi Coltrane, American singer

## Similar surnames

Coldiron, Coldren, Coulter, Colter, Calderon, Childers, Childress, Caldera, Cloutier, Calder, Calderone, Clutter.

## 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.