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    The surname Couch

    A French surname, carried by 26,615 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /kuːt͡ʃ/ 1 syllable Soundex C200

    Couch: #1,323 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Couch #1,323, 26,615 people Couch: #1,323 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Couch #1,323, 26,615 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Couch is more common than 99.2% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    * As a Welsh surname, from coch (“red”). * As an French surname, from Old French couch (“bed”).

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 26,615 people named Couch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,600 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 26,135.

    #1,323
    rank among US surnames
    26,615
    people in 2010
    9.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.8%
    change since 2000 (was #1,231)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,314Hamm26,72611,552
    #1,315Bland26,72211,554
    #1,316Bermudez26,69111,567
    #1,317Stinson26,68111,572
    #1,318Pike26,65511,583
    #1,319Orellana26,65111,585
    #1,320Downey26,62711,595

    Who is named Couch

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

    87% of people named Couch identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Couchs

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Tonia Couch
      British diver, born 1989
    • John Nathaniel Couch
      American mycologist (1896–1986)

    Notable Couchs come mostly from the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Cooch
    • Cough
    • Couche

    Surnames that sound like Couch

    Couch has the Soundex code C200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C200.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Couch come from?
    * As a Welsh surname, from coch (“red”). * As an French surname, from Old French couch (“bed”).
    How common is the surname Couch?
    26,615 people in the United States had the surname Couch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,600 Americans. It ranked 1,323rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Couch?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Couch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Couch?
    Tonia Couch, British diver, followed by John Nathaniel Couch.
    Where is the surname Couch most common?
    Wikidata records people named Couch in the United Kingdom and the United States.
    How do you pronounce Couch?
    Couch is /kuːt͡ʃ/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Couch getting more or less common?
    More common. 26,135 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 26,615 in 2010, up 1.8%.
    What are other spellings of Couch?
    Cooch, Cough and Couche.