How common is the surname Coverdale?

1,304 people in the United States had the surname Coverdale in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,768 Americans. It ranked 20,382nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Coverdale?

Ruth Ann Minner, American politician and businesswoman (1935–2021).

Where is the surname Coverdale most common?

Wikidata records people named Coverdale in the United States.

Is the surname Coverdale getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,364 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,304 in 2010, down 4.4%.

The surname Coverdale

A surname, carried by 1,304 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C163

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Coverdale is more common than 87.4% of them.

Origin

*The valley in North Yorkshire is named from the River Cover + dale. *The civil parish in New Brunswick is named after a former name of the Little River.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,304 people named Coverdale in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 236,768 Americans. That is down 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,364.

#20,382

rank among US surnames

1,304

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-4.4%

change since 2000 (was #18,626)

Who is named Coverdale

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

76% of people named Coverdale identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 76%
Black (not Hispanic) 17%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Coverdales

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ruth Ann Minner
American politician and businesswoman (1935–2021)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Coverdale

Covert

Coverdale has the Soundex code C163, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C163.

Questions

Where does the surname Coverdale come from?: *The valley in North Yorkshire is named from the River Cover + dale. *The civil parish in New Brunswick is named after a former name of the Little River.
How common is the surname Coverdale?: 1,304 people in the United States had the surname Coverdale in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,768 Americans. It ranked 20,382nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Coverdale?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Coverdale identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Coverdale?: Ruth Ann Minner, American politician and businesswoman (1935–2021).
Where is the surname Coverdale most common?: Wikidata records people named Coverdale in the United States.
Is the surname Coverdale getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,364 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,304 in 2010, down 4.4%.