Coakley Surname

39,511th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,286 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bahamas

Coakley Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller in, or near, a wood frequented by wild birds.

Coakley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8,4111:43,0935,288
Ireland1,4281:3,298597
England1,3861:40,2015,178
Bahamas7391:530111
Canada3511:104,97311,323
South Africa2241:241,86524,757
Australia2011:134,30714,542
New Zealand1291:35,1036,033
Wales1261:24,5602,581
Scotland941:56,9564,742
Jamaica541:53,1473,020
Thailand391:1,811,240225,763
Northern Ireland261:70,9635,105
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Denmark81:705,58939,626
France81:8,302,840321,660
United States Virgin Islands71:15,7682,111
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Jersey51:19,8403,614
British Virgin Islands51:6,319600
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland9231:4,799808
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2221:109,79910,786
Wales231:68,1923,286
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2871:39,0204,614

Coakley (32) may also be a first name.

Coakley Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller in, or near, a wood frequented by wild birds.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Coakley Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Coakley Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Coakley (Arabic: كوكلي) is found most frequently in The United States. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Coakley? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 39,511th most prevalent family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 548,513 people. The last name Coakley occurs mostly in The Americas, where 64 percent of Coakley live; 58 percent live in North America and 58 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,840,253rd most widespread first name worldwide. It is borne by 32 people.

The last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 8,411 people, or 1 in 43,093. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Massachusetts, where 9 percent are found, New York, where 8 percent are found and California, where 8 percent are found. Not including The United States this last name occurs in 39 countries. It is also common in Ireland, where 11 percent are found and England, where 10 percent are found.

Coakley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Coakley has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Coakley surname rose 654 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 155 percent between 1901 and 2014; in England it rose 624 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 548 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 9,400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Coakley Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Coakley surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Coakley last name are 5.93% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 52.7% being registered with the political party.

The amount Coakley earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 29.33% less than the national average, earning R 167,940 per year; in United States they earn 4.54% more than the national average, earning $45,109 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.69% less than the national average, earning $46,858 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Coakley Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Coakley in the Arabic language
كوكليkwkly-
كوكلىkwkly-

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