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    The surname Coulthard

    An English surname, carried by 547 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C436

    Coulthard: #40,082 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Coulthard #40,082, 547 people Coulthard: #40,082 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Coulthard #40,082, 547 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Coulthard is more common than 75.3% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Middle English colthard (“someone who looks after horses”), from colt (“colt”) + herde (“herdsman”).

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 547 people named Coulthard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 564,434 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 475.

    #40,082
    rank among US surnames
    547
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +15.2%
    change since 2000 (was #42,912)

    Who is named Coulthard

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

    97% of people named Coulthard identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Coulthards

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Philippa Coulthard
      Australian actress, born 1992
    • Michael Cole
      American wrestling commentator and journalist (born 1966)

    Notable Coulthards come mostly from Australia (1) and the United States (1).

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    Surnames that sound like Coulthard

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

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Coulthard come from?
    From Middle English colthard (“someone who looks after horses”), from colt (“colt”) + herde (“herdsman”).
    How common is the surname Coulthard?
    547 people in the United States had the surname Coulthard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 564,434 Americans. It ranked 40,082nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Coulthard?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Coulthard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Coulthard?
    Philippa Coulthard, Australian actress, followed by Michael Cole.
    Where is the surname Coulthard most common?
    Wikidata records people named Coulthard in Australia and the United States.
    Is the surname Coulthard getting more or less common?
    More common. 475 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 547 in 2010, up 15%.