How common is the last name Cole?

187,989 people in the United States have the last name Cole, about 1 in 1,590. It ranks #129 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

COLE

#129

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
187,989
About
1 in 1,590
This common or more
18.7%
Who bears it

Of the 187,989 people with the last name Cole, 71.7% reported their origin as White, 19% as Black and 4.5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Cole

#127 West · 189,360#128 Wallace · 189,325#130 Castro · 187,649#131 Herrera · 186,848

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Cole, most common first.

#1,811 Coyle · 19,425#2,340 Coley · 15,180#10,223 Coll · 3,000#22,630 Coale · 1,163#27,218 Cola · 939#32,440 Coile · 760#42,060 Colo · 556#50,441 Coole · 448

Also a first name

As a first name, Cole ranks #422 of 53,615, with 134,580 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2002, with 6,054 births. See Cole as a first name

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