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    The surname Coston

    A surname, carried by 4,969 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C235

    Coston: #6,788 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Coston #6,788, 4,969 people Coston: #6,788 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Coston #6,788, 4,969 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Coston 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 4,969 people named Coston in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,134 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,750.

    #6,788
    rank among US surnames
    4,969
    people in 2010
    1.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.6%
    change since 2000 (was #6,580)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #6,781Guyer4,97462,072
    #6,784Chee4,97362,084
    #6,787Hyder4,97162,109
    #6,788Coston4,96962,134
    #6,790Addington4,96862,147
    #6,791Bowes4,96762,159
    #6,792Coulson4,96662,172

    Who is named Coston

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

    49% of people named Coston identified as Black (not Hispanic), 45% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 49%
    • White (not Hispanic) 45%
    • Two or more races 3.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Costons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Martha Coston
      American inventor (1826-1904)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Coston

    Coston has the Soundex code C235, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C235.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Coston?
    4,969 people in the United States had the surname Coston in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,134 Americans. It ranked 6,788th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Coston?
    In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Coston identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 45% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Coston?
    Martha Coston, American inventor (1826-1904).
    Where is the surname Coston most common?
    Wikidata records people named Coston in the United States.
    Is the surname Coston getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,750 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,969 in 2010, up 4.6%.