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    The surname Coyne

    An Irish surname, carried by 11,525 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex C500

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Coyne is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    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.

    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 11,525 people named Coyne in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,789 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,388.

    #3,130
    rank among US surnames
    11,525
    people in 2010
    3.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.2%
    change since 2000 (was #2,890)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,121Perrin11,55026,731
    #3,122McAdams11,54726,738
    #3,124Keeler11,54626,740
    #3,126Menard11,54326,747
    #3,127Ricci11,53426,768
    #3,128Burkholder11,53226,773
    #3,129Poindexter11,53126,775

    Who is named Coyne

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

    95% of people named Coyne identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Coynes

    10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Thelma Coyne Long
      Australian tennis player (1918–2015)
    • Jerry Coyne
      American biologist, born 1949
    • Kendall Coyne
      American ice hockey player, born 1992
    • George Coyne
      American astronomer (1933–2020)
    • Wayne Coyne
      American musician; lead singer, guitarist, and principal songwriter for the band The Flami, born 1961
    • Tom Coyne
      American mastering engineer (1954–2017)
    • William J. Coyne
      American politician (1936–2013)
    • Chris Coyne
      Australian soccer player, born 1978
    • Colleen Coyne
      American ice hockey player, born 1971
    • Jamie Coyne
      Australian soccer player, born 1981

    Notable Coynes come mostly from the United States (7) and Australia (3).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Coin
    • Goyne
    • Kaine
    • Kyne

    Surnames that sound like Coyne

    Coyne has the Soundex code C500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C500.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Coyne come from?
    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.
    How common is the surname Coyne?
    11,525 people in the United States had the surname Coyne in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,789 Americans. It ranked 3,130th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Coyne?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Coyne identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Coyne?
    Thelma Coyne Long, Australian tennis player (1918–2015), followed by Jerry Coyne.
    Where is the surname Coyne most common?
    Wikidata records people named Coyne in the United States and Australia.
    Is the surname Coyne getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,388 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,525 in 2010, up 1.2%.
    What are other spellings of Coyne?
    Coin, Goyne, Kaine and Kyne.