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    The surname Couts

    A surname, carried by 1,067 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex C320

    Couts: #23,725 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Couts #23,725, 1,067 people Couts: #23,725 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Couts #23,725, 1,067 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Couts is more common than 85.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,067 people named Couts in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 289,359 Americans. That is down 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,120.

    #23,725
    rank among US surnames
    1,067
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -4.7%
    change since 2000 (was #21,680)

    Who is named Couts

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

    83% of people named Couts identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Couts

    Couts has the Soundex code C320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C320.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Couts?
    1,067 people in the United States had the surname Couts in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 289,359 Americans. It ranked 23,725th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Couts?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Couts identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Couts getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,120 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,067 in 2010, down 4.7%.