How common is the surname Coon?

17,097 people in the United States had the surname Coon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,058 Americans. It ranked 2,116th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Coon?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Coon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Coon?

Carrie Coon, American actress, followed by Carleton S. Coon.

Where is the surname Coon most common?

Wikidata records people named Coon in the United States.

Is the surname Coon getting more or less common?

More common. 16,890 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,097 in 2010, up 1.2%.

The surname Coon

A surname, carried by 17,097 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Coon is more common than 98.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 17,097 people named Coon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,058 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,890.

#2,116

rank among US surnames

17,097

people in 2010

5.8

per 100,000 Americans

+1.2%

change since 2000 (was #1,955)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,107	Ambrose	17,178	17,973
#2,108	Bellamy	17,167	17,985
#2,109	McLain	17,152	18,001
#2,110	Greco	17,150	18,003
#2,111	Zimmer	17,146	18,007
#2,112	Moseley	17,130	18,024
#2,113	Quigley	17,121	18,033

Who is named Coon

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

92% of people named Coon identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Coons

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Carrie Coon
American actress, born 1981
Carleton S. Coon
American anthropologist, 1904–1981
Gene L. Coon
American screenwriter, TV producer and novelist, best known for his work on Star Trek (192
Adam Coon
American football player and wrestler, born 1994

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Coon

Coon has the Soundex code C500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C500.

Questions

How common is the surname Coon?: 17,097 people in the United States had the surname Coon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,058 Americans. It ranked 2,116th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Coon?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Coon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Coon?: Carrie Coon, American actress, followed by Carleton S. Coon.
Where is the surname Coon most common?: Wikidata records people named Coon in the United States.
Is the surname Coon getting more or less common?: More common. 16,890 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,097 in 2010, up 1.2%.