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    The surname Coutu

    A surname, carried by 1,563 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C300

    Coutu: #17,888 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Coutu #17,888, 1,563 people Coutu: #17,888 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Coutu #17,888, 1,563 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Coutu is more common than 89% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,563 people named Coutu in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 197,534 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,552.

    #17,888
    rank among US surnames
    1,563
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.7%
    change since 2000 (was #16,914)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,883Towell1,564197,408
    #17,888Bergren1,563197,534
    #17,896Petras1,562197,660

    Who is named Coutu

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

    96% of people named Coutu identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Coutu

    Coutu has the Soundex code C300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C300.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Coutu?
    1,563 people in the United States had the surname Coutu in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 197,534 Americans. It ranked 17,888th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Coutu?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Coutu identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Coutu getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,552 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,563 in 2010, up 0.7%.