How common is the surname Coyle?

19,931 people in the United States had the surname Coyle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,491 Americans. It ranked 1,800th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Coyle?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Coyle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Coyle?

Brendan Coyle, British and Irish actor, followed by Charlie Coyle.

Where is the surname Coyle most common?

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

Is the surname Coyle getting more or less common?

More common. 19,424 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,931 in 2010, up 2.6%.

The surname Coyle

An Irish surname, carried by 19,931 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Coyle is more common than 98.9% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

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.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 19,931 people named Coyle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 15,491 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 19,424.

#1,800

rank among US surnames

19,931

people in 2010

6.8

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #1,690)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,791	Boucher	20,050	15,399
#1,792	Fontenot	20,035	15,410
#1,793	Washburn	20,030	15,414
#1,794	Farr	20,011	15,429
#1,795	Melvin	20,008	15,431
#1,796	Cullen	20,000	15,437
#1,797	Hu	19,999	15,438

Who is named Coyle

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

94% of people named Coyle identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Coyles

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Brendan Coyle
British and Irish actor, born 1963
Charlie Coyle
American ice hockey player, born 1992

Notable Coyles come mostly from the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Coyle

Coyle has the Soundex code C400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C400.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Coyle come from?: 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.
How common is the surname Coyle?: 19,931 people in the United States had the surname Coyle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,491 Americans. It ranked 1,800th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Coyle?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Coyle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Coyle?: Brendan Coyle, British and Irish actor, followed by Charlie Coyle.
Where is the surname Coyle most common?: Wikidata records people named Coyle in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Is the surname Coyle getting more or less common?: More common. 19,424 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,931 in 2010, up 2.6%.