Coales Surname
Approximately 260 people bear this surname
Coales 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 SurnameCoales Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 200 | 1:278,590 | 21,737 |
| New Zealand | 13 | 1:348,333 | 27,379 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Northern Ireland | 5 | 1:369,007 | 15,220 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 259 | 1:94,113 | 9,671 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:261,403 | 9,165 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 1:3,138,668 | 142,671 |
Coales 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.
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.
Coales Demographics
Average Coales Salary in
United States
$54,083 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Coales Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Coales Come From? nationality or country of origin
Coales is borne by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Coales? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 988,329th most frequent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 28,029,023 people. The last name Coales occurs predominantly in Europe, where 87 percent of Coales live; 81 percent live in Northern Europe and 81 percent live in British Isles.
Coales is most widespread in England, where it is borne by 200 people, or 1 in 278,590. In England it is most prevalent in: Northamptonshire, where 27 percent reside, Greater London, where 11 percent reside and Kent, where 10 percent reside. Not including England this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also common in New Zealand, where 5 percent reside and Australia, where 4 percent reside.
Coales Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Coales has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Coales last name contracted 23 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Coales Last Name Statistics demography
Coales earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 25.34% more than the national average, earning $54,083 USD per year.
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