How common is the surname Coover?

1,436 people in the United States had the surname Coover in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 215,004 Americans. It ranked 18,984th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Coover?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Coover identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Coover?

Robert Coover, American novelist (1932–2024), followed by Harry Coover.

Where is the surname Coover most common?

Wikidata records people named Coover in the United States.

Is the surname Coover getting more or less common?

More common. 1,426 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,436 in 2010, up 0.7%.

The surname Coover

A surname, carried by 1,436 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Coover is more common than 88.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,436 people named Coover in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 215,004 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,426.

#18,984

rank among US surnames

1,436

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+0.7%

change since 2000 (was #18,034)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,977	Callas	1,437	214,854
#18,984	Arbaugh	1,436	215,004

Who is named Coover

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

95% of people named Coover identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Coovers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert Coover
American novelist (1932–2024)
Harry Coover
American inventor of Super Glue (1917–2011)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Coover

Coover has the Soundex code C160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C160.

Questions

How common is the surname Coover?: 1,436 people in the United States had the surname Coover in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 215,004 Americans. It ranked 18,984th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Coover?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Coover identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Coover?: Robert Coover, American novelist (1932–2024), followed by Harry Coover.
Where is the surname Coover most common?: Wikidata records people named Coover in the United States.
Is the surname Coover getting more or less common?: More common. 1,426 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,436 in 2010, up 0.7%.