How common is the last name Coleman?

211,259 people in the United States have the last name Coleman, about 1 in 1,415. It ranks #110 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

COLEMAN

#110

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
211,259
About
1 in 1,415
This common or more
17.5%
Who bears it

Of the 211,259 people with the last name Coleman, 47.6% reported their origin as White, 43.1% as Black and 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 Coleman

#108 Russell · 211,729#109 Perry · 211,657#111 Henderson · 210,128#112 Butler · 208,167

Spelled almost the same

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

#8,519 Colman · 3,711#36,437 Collman · 661#46,253 Coolman · 497#57,050 Colemon · 386#75,111 Colemen · 277#89,563 Coulman · 222#113,565 Colimon · 164#140,525 Colmen · 122

Also a first name

As a first name, Coleman ranks #2,251 of 53,615, with 11,573 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1997, with 420 births. See Coleman as a first name

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