How common is the surname Coulter?

20,757 people in the United States had the surname Coulter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,874 Americans. It ranked 1,725th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Coulter?

Ann Coulter, American author, political commentator, followed by Allen Coulter.

Where is the surname Coulter most common?

Wikidata records people named Coulter in the United States and the United Kingdom.

How do you pronounce Coulter?

Coulter is /ˈkoʊltər/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Coulter getting more or less common?

More common. 20,252 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 20,757 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname Coulter

A surname, carried by 20,757 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkoʊltər/ 2 syllables Soundex C436

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Coulter is more common than 98.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 20,757 people named Coulter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 14,874 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 20,252.

#1,725

rank among US surnames

20,757

people in 2010

7.0

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #1,622)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,716	Otero	20,937	14,746
#1,717	Henley	20,934	14,749
#1,718	Dick	20,923	14,756
#1,719	Voss	20,911	14,765
#1,720	Greenberg	20,897	14,775
#1,721	Finn	20,852	14,807
#1,722	Venegas	20,851	14,807

Who is named Coulter

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

86% of people named Coulter identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.3%
Two or more races 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Coulters

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ann Coulter
American author, political commentator, born 1961
Allen Coulter
American television and film director, born 2000
Michael Coulter
British cinematographer, born 1952

Notable Coulters come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Coulters

Surnames that sound like Coulter

Coulter has the Soundex code C436, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C436.

Questions

How common is the surname Coulter?: 20,757 people in the United States had the surname Coulter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,874 Americans. It ranked 1,725th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Coulter?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Coulter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Coulter?: Ann Coulter, American author, political commentator, followed by Allen Coulter.
Where is the surname Coulter most common?: Wikidata records people named Coulter in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Coulter?: Coulter is /ˈkoʊltər/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Coulter getting more or less common?: More common. 20,252 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 20,757 in 2010, up 2.5%.
What are other spellings of Coulter?: Coulters.