How common is the surname Coltrane?

1,123 people in the United States had the surname Coltrane in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 274,929 Americans. It ranked 22,809th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Coltrane?

John Coltrane, American jazz saxophonist (1926–1967), followed by Alice Coltrane.

Where is the surname Coltrane most common?

Wikidata records people named Coltrane in the United States.

How do you pronounce Coltrane?

Coltrane is /ˈkoʊltɹeɪn/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Coltrane getting more or less common?

More common. 1,100 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,123 in 2010, up 2.1%.

The surname Coltrane

An Irish surname, carried by 1,123 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkoʊltɹeɪn/ 2 syllables Soundex C436

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Coltrane is more common than 85.9% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Coltaráin.

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 1,123 people named Coltrane in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 274,929 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,100.

#22,809

rank among US surnames

1,123

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.1%

change since 2000 (was #21,981)

Who is named Coltrane

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

74% of people named Coltrane identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 74%
Black (not Hispanic) 22%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Coltranes

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist (1926–1967)
Alice Coltrane
American jazz musician, 1937–2007
Ellar Coltrane
American actor, born 1994
Ravi Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist (born 1965)
Chi Coltrane
American singer, born 1948

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Coltrain

Surnames that sound like Coltrane

Coltrane has the Soundex code C436, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C436.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Coltrane come from?: Anglicized form of Irish Ó Coltaráin.
How common is the surname Coltrane?: 1,123 people in the United States had the surname Coltrane in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 274,929 Americans. It ranked 22,809th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Coltrane?: In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Coltrane identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Coltrane?: John Coltrane, American jazz saxophonist (1926–1967), followed by Alice Coltrane.
Where is the surname Coltrane most common?: Wikidata records people named Coltrane in the United States.
How do you pronounce Coltrane?: Coltrane is /ˈkoʊltɹeɪn/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Coltrane getting more or less common?: More common. 1,100 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,123 in 2010, up 2.1%.
What are other spellings of Coltrane?: Coltrain.