# Coyle (surname)

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

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 19,931 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,800 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 15,491 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.6% (19,424 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

An anglicised form of the Irish surname Irish Mac Dhubhghaill. The town in Oklahoma is named after businessman William H. Coyle, who served as a purchasing agent for the Eastern Oklahoma Railway.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Coyle 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Coyle in the United Kingdom and the United States.

## People named Coyle

- Brendan Coyle, British and Irish actor
- Charlie Coyle, American ice hockey player

## Similar surnames

Cole, Cooley, Coley, Colley, Cowley, Cool, Collie, Coll, Coil, Cola, Coale, Clay.

## 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.