How rare is the last name Coy?

12,304 people in the United States have the last name Coy, about 1 in 24,293. It ranks #2,855 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

COY

#2,855

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,304
About
1 in 24,293
This common or more
52%
Who bears it

Of the 12,304 people with the last name Coy, 79.4% reported their origin as White, 10.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.9% as Black. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Coy

#2,853 Burden · 12,308#2,854 Hein · 12,306#2,856 Damico · 12,302#2,857 Thrasher · 12,301

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,231 Coe · 15,911#10,704 Co · 2,852#34,555 Coey · 706#42,928 Coye · 543#59,630 Coo · 366#153,590 Coya · 104

Also a first name

As a first name, Coy ranks #2,670 of 53,615, with 8,805 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1919, with 279 births. See Coy as a first name

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