# Coyne (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/coyne/  
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) | 11,525 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,130 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 26,789 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.2% (11,388 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Coin, Goyne, Kaine, Kyne |

## Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cuáin (“descendants of Cuán”), a byname from a diminutive of cú (“hound, dog”). It could also be an anglicized form of Ó Cadhain.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Coyne 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Coyne in the United States and Australia.

## People named Coyne

- Thelma Coyne Long, Australian tennis player (1918–2015)
- Jerry Coyne, American biologist
- Kendall Coyne, American ice hockey player
- George Coyne, American astronomer (1933–2020)
- Wayne Coyne, American musician; lead singer, guitarist, and principal songwriter for the band The Flami
- Tom Coyne, American mastering engineer (1954–2017)
- William J. Coyne, American politician (1936–2013)
- Chris Coyne, Australian soccer player
- Colleen Coyne, American ice hockey player
- Jamie Coyne, Australian soccer player

## Similar surnames

Coon, Conn, Cooney, Cone, Cohn, Coney, Coen, Coan, Coin, Cohen, Cowen, Chen.

## 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.