Coal Surname
Approximately 433 people bear this surname
Coal Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Nicholas,' from nick. Cole, whence the diminutive Col-in. Coles is the patronymic or genitive form; compare Williams, Jenkins, Jones, &c.
'Havell, and Harvy Hafter, Jack Travell, and Cole Crafter.
Read More About This SurnameCoal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 187 | 1:4,101,954 | 110,376 |
| Indonesia | 51 | 1:2,593,121 | 151,846 |
| United States | 47 | 1:7,711,892 | 346,147 |
| Nigeria | 26 | 1:6,813,183 | 158,601 |
| Cambodia | 16 | 1:967,947 | 5,331 |
| Liberia | 10 | 1:440,854 | 21,753 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 9 | 1:492,207 | 16,355 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 86 | 1:283,435 | 19,633 |
| Wales | 15 | 1:104,561 | 4,503 |
| Scotland | 12 | 1:311,935 | 9,798 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 711 | 1:70,631 | 7,612 |
Coal (102) may also be a first name.
Coal Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Nicholas,' from nick. Cole, whence the diminutive Col-in. Coles is the patronymic or genitive form; compare Williams, Jenkins, Jones, &c.
'Havell, and Harvy Hafter, Jack Travell, and Cole Crafter.': Skelton, Why come ye nat to Courte.
This nick, of Nicholas has made an extraordinary impression upon English nomenclature (v. Colly, Collins, &c).
Rand' fil. Cole, Yorkshire, temp. 13th century: Cartularium Abbatiale de Whiteby, Ordinis S. Benedicti.
Johannes Cole, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Elias Cole, 1379: ibid.
1588. Married — Bazill Beconn and Anne Coale: St. Michael, Cornhill.
1665. — Thomas Coles and Honour Birde: ibid.
Places in cos. Wilts and Somerset. Also a very ancient Teutonic personal name. In Domesd. it appears as a baptismal-in the H.R. as a family name.
An abbreviation of Nicholas, common among the Dutch.
From Nicol or Nichol. Cole is the appellation of places in cos. Somerset and Wilts.
Cole,Coles. —Essentially south of England names, especially in the south - west, rarely occurring north of a line drawn west from the Wash. Cole is best distributed and has its principal homes in Devon and Wilts. Coles is most numerous in Somerset. Both names, strangely enough, are rare in Cornwall. Cole was a very ancient Teutonic name; there are places of the name in Somerset and Wilts, a circumstance that may perhaps explain the frequency of both names in Somerset and of Cole in Wilts.
Coal Demographics
Coal Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Coal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Coal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Coal is found in India more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Coal click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Coal? popularity and diffusion
The last name Coal is the 685,266th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 16,830,360 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 65 percent of Coal reside; 44 percent reside in South Asia and 41 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 935,178th most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 102 people.
It is most frequently used in India, where it is held by 187 people, or 1 in 4,101,954. In India it is primarily concentrated in: West Bengal, where 79 percent live, Jammu and Kashmir, where 6 percent live and Maharashtra, where 4 percent live. Beside India Coal exists in 38 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 12 percent live and The United States, where 11 percent live.
Coal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Coal has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Coal last name fell 93 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 91 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it fell 93 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Coal Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Coal surname is chiefly Catholic (67%) in Ireland.
In The United States Coal are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.67% registered with the political party.
Coal earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 27.95% less than the national average, earning $31,090 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cohal | 89 | 3,281 | / |
| Coatl | 89 | 2,460 | / |
| Coale | 89 | 2,068 | / |
| Coail | 89 | 89 | / |
| Coalt | 89 | 57 | / |
| Coall | 89 | 41 | / |
| Choal | 89 | 34 | / |
| Coaul | 89 | 0 | / |
| Choual | 80 | 2,749 | / |
| Cohall | 80 | 207 | / |
| Chhoal | 80 | 9 | / |
| Coaile | 80 | 7 | / |
| Coahtl | 80 | 4 | / |
| Cohatl | 80 | 3 | / |
| Coagli | 80 | 2 | / |
| Couale | 80 | 1 | / |
| Cohalt | 80 | 1 | / |
| Choale | 80 | 1 | / |
| Coalle | 80 | 1 | / |
| Coualt | 80 | 0 | / |
| Cohale | 80 | 0 | / |
| Koal | 75 | 13,194 | / |
| Zoal | 75 | 75 | / |
| Caol | 75 | 32 | / |
| Cöol | 75 | 1 | / |
| Coalova | 73 | 515 | / |
| Chouail | 73 | 20 | / |
| Choaile | 73 | 4 | / |
| Chouale | 73 | 2 | / |
| Choiyal | 73 | 2 | / |
| Coheald | 73 | 2 | / |
| Couault | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tchoual | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cohatel | 73 | 1 | / |
| Çoğal | 67 | 1,192 | / |
| Caole | 67 | 718 | / |
| Kohal | 67 | 515 | / |
| Koual | 67 | 474 | / |
| Coyol | 67 | 444 | / |
| Zohal | 67 | 393 | / |
| Koall | 67 | 333 | / |
| Koale | 67 | 137 | / |
| Koail | 67 | 103 | / |
| Cohol | 67 | 53 | / |
| Tchouale | 67 | 39 | / |
| Qoale | 67 | 35 | / |
| Chaol | 67 | 27 | / |
| Cahol | 67 | 10 | / |
| Zoual | 67 | 10 | / |
| Khoal | 67 | 5 | / |
| Caoil | 67 | 5 | / |
| Qohal | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chhohale | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tsoal | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kuoal | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cojol | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chhoiyal | 67 | 1 | / |
| Caeol | 67 | 1 | / |
| Caoul | 67 | 1 | / |
| Koeal | 67 | 1 | / |
| Koahl | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chouaule | 67 | 1 | / |
| Coausell | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zoalh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zhoal | 67 | 1 | / |
| Caolp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Koalh | 67 | 0 | / |
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Footnotes
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