How common is the surname Coughlan?

1,798 people in the United States had the surname Coughlan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 171,716 Americans. It ranked 16,100th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Coughlan?

Marisa Coughlan, American actress.

Where is the surname Coughlan most common?

Wikidata records people named Coughlan in the United States.

Is the surname Coughlan getting more or less common?

More common. 1,692 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,798 in 2010, up 6.3%.

The surname Coughlan

A surname, carried by 1,798 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C245

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Coughlan is more common than 90.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,798 people named Coughlan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 171,716 Americans. That is up 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,692.

#16,100

rank among US surnames

1,798

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+6.3%

change since 2000 (was #15,805)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,098	Ferron	1,799	171,621
#16,100	Coughlan	1,798	171,716
#16,108	Parshall	1,797	171,812

Who is named Coughlan

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

95% of people named Coughlan identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as two or more races and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Two or more races 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Coughlans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Marisa Coughlan
American actress, born 1974

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Coughlan

Coughlan has the Soundex code C245, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C245.

Questions

How common is the surname Coughlan?: 1,798 people in the United States had the surname Coughlan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 171,716 Americans. It ranked 16,100th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Coughlan?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Coughlan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Coughlan?: Marisa Coughlan, American actress.
Where is the surname Coughlan most common?: Wikidata records people named Coughlan in the United States.
Is the surname Coughlan getting more or less common?: More common. 1,692 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,798 in 2010, up 6.3%.