How common is the surname Coots?

3,636 people in the United States had the surname Coots in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,914 Americans. It ranked 8,994th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Coots?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Coots identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Coots?

J. Fred Coots, American songwriter (1897–1985).

Where is the surname Coots most common?

Wikidata records people named Coots in the United States.

Is the surname Coots getting more or less common?

More common. 3,525 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,636 in 2010, up 3.1%.

The surname Coots

A surname, carried by 3,636 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Coots is more common than 94.5% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,636 people named Coots in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 84,914 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,525.

#8,994

rank among US surnames

3,636

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+3.1%

change since 2000 (was #8,594)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,989	Morman	3,640	84,820
#8,990	Lindell	3,639	84,844
#8,993	Rehm	3,637	84,890
#8,994	Patricio	3,636	84,914
#8,999	Turgeon	3,635	84,937

Who is named Coots

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

95% of people named Coots identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cootss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

J. Fred Coots
American songwriter (1897–1985)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Coots

Coots has the Soundex code C320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C320.

Questions

How common is the surname Coots?: 3,636 people in the United States had the surname Coots in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,914 Americans. It ranked 8,994th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Coots?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Coots identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Coots?: J. Fred Coots, American songwriter (1897–1985).
Where is the surname Coots most common?: Wikidata records people named Coots in the United States.
Is the surname Coots getting more or less common?: More common. 3,525 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,636 in 2010, up 3.1%.