How common is the surname Jeffcoat?

4,406 people in the United States had the surname Jeffcoat in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,074 Americans. It ranked 7,549th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Jeffcoat getting more or less common?

More common. 4,172 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,406 in 2010, up 5.6%.

Is Jeffcoat also a first name?

Yes. Jeffcoat is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Jeffcoat

A patronymic surname, carried by 4,406 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex J123

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jeffcoat is more common than 95.3% of them.

Origin

From a pet form of the personal name Jeffrey.

Jeffcoat is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,406 people named Jeffcoat in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 70,074 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,172.

#7,549

rank among US surnames

4,406

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+5.6%

change since 2000 (was #7,360)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,542	Conlin	4,409	70,026
#7,543	Kean	4,408	70,042
#7,545	Croom	4,407	70,058
#7,549	Jeffcoat	4,406	70,074
#7,550	Landes	4,404	70,106
#7,552	Kroeger	4,402	70,138

Who is named Jeffcoat

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

81% of people named Jeffcoat identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 15%
Two or more races 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Jefcoat

Jeffcoat has the Soundex code J123, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J123.

Questions

Where does the surname Jeffcoat come from?: From a pet form of the personal name Jeffrey.
How common is the surname Jeffcoat?: 4,406 people in the United States had the surname Jeffcoat in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,074 Americans. It ranked 7,549th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Jeffcoat?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Jeffcoat identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Jeffcoat?: Jeffcoat is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Jeffcoat getting more or less common?: More common. 4,172 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,406 in 2010, up 5.6%.
What are other spellings of Jeffcoat?: Jefcoat.
Is Jeffcoat also a first name?: Yes. Jeffcoat is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.