Coal Surname

685,266th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 433 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Liberia

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.

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Coal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1871:4,101,954110,376
Indonesia511:2,593,121151,846
United States471:7,711,892346,147
Nigeria261:6,813,183158,601
Cambodia161:967,9475,331
Liberia101:440,85421,753
Philippines101:10,123,822213,993
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
England81:6,964,757184,742
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
China31:455,773,85521,925
France21:33,211,361423,184
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland91:492,20716,355
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England861:283,43519,633
Wales151:104,5614,503
Scotland121:311,9359,798
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7111:70,6317,612

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.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

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.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

An abbreviation of Nicholas, common among the Dutch.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

From Nicol or Nichol. Cole is the appellation of places in cos. Somerset and Wilts.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

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.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cohal893,281/
Coatl892,460/
Coale892,068/
Coail8989/
Coalt8957/
Coall8941/
Choal8934/
Coaul890/
Choual802,749/
Cohall80207/
Chhoal809/
Coaile807/
Coahtl804/
Cohatl803/
Coagli802/
Couale801/
Cohalt801/
Choale801/
Coalle801/
Coualt800/
Cohale800/
Koal7513,194/
Zoal7575/
Caol7532/
Cöol751/
Coalova73515/
Chouail7320/
Choaile734/
Chouale732/
Choiyal732/
Coheald732/
Couault731/
Tchoual731/
Cohatel731/
Çoğal671,192/
Caole67718/
Kohal67515/
Koual67474/
Coyol67444/
Zohal67393/
Koall67333/
Koale67137/
Koail67103/
Cohol6753/
Tchouale6739/
Qoale6735/
Chaol6727/
Cahol6710/
Zoual6710/
Khoal675/
Caoil675/
Qohal672/
Chhohale672/
Tsoal671/
Kuoal671/
Cojol671/
Chhoiyal671/
Caeol671/
Caoul671/
Koeal671/
Koahl671/
Chouaule671/
Coausell671/
Zoalh671/
Zhoal671/
Caolp671/
Koalh670/

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