How common is the surname Cool?

4,958 people in the United States had the surname Cool in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,272 Americans. It ranked 6,801st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Cool getting more or less common?

Less common. 5,028 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,958 in 2010, down 1.4%.

The surname Cool

A surname, carried by 4,958 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cool is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,958 people named Cool in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,272 Americans. That is down 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,028.

#6,801

rank among US surnames

4,958

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

-1.4%

change since 2000 (was #6,254)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,796	Steelman	4,964	62,197
#6,798	Silvas	4,963	62,209
#6,799	Hostetter	4,960	62,247
#6,801	Shim	4,958	62,272
#6,805	Ballenger	4,956	62,297

Who is named Cool

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

91% of people named Cool identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.7%
Two or more races 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cool

Cool has the Soundex code C400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C400.

Questions

How common is the surname Cool?: 4,958 people in the United States had the surname Cool in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,272 Americans. It ranked 6,801st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cool?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Cool identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Cool getting more or less common?: Less common. 5,028 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,958 in 2010, down 1.4%.