# Coy (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/coy/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 13,875 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,597 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 22,252 people |
| Change since 2000 | -10.8% (15,561 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /kɔɪ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | Coye |

## Etymology

The community is named after local merchant George McCoy.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Coy in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 8.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Similar surnames

Coe, Co, Coey, Choy, Choi, Cho, Chu, Cao, Chow, Chau, Chiu, Chao.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.