Coat Surname

13,927th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40,058 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Coat Surname Definition:

From Anglo-Saxon cot, cote, cyte (G. koth, D. kot, W. cwt), a small house or hut. Hence Middlecoat, Peticoat, Pettycoat, Taylecoate, Topcoat, Wainscoat, Waiscot, Wescott, Westcoat.

Coat Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India37,4481:20,4831,582
France2,3931:27,7573,368
United States981:3,698,561204,970
Australia291:930,88655,860
England261:2,143,00282,017
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Pakistan81:22,330,48677,733
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
China21:683,660,78330,601
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England491:497,45727,315
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1671:300,71123,854

Coat (4,358) may also be a first name.

Coat Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From Anglo-Saxon cot, cote, cyte (G. koth, D. kot, W. cwt), a small house or hut. Hence Middlecoat, Peticoat, Pettycoat, Taylecoate, Topcoat, Wainscoat, Waiscot, Wescott, Westcoat.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Robert de Coete or Coiete was of Normandy 1180-95 (Mag. Rot. Scac.); David Cote of England 1199 (Palgr. Rot. Cur. Regis). The name was sometimes derived from places named Cote in England.

The Norman People (1874)

Coat Last Name Facts

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

The surname Coat occurs most in India. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Coat? popularity and diffusion

The surname Coat is the 13,927th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 181,925 people. The surname Coat occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Coat reside; 94 percent reside in South Asia and 93 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 104,615th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 4,358 people.

The last name Coat is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 37,448 people, or 1 in 20,483. In India Coat is primarily found in: Andhra Pradesh, where 77 percent are found, Telangana, where 23 percent are found and Gujarat, where 0 percent are found. Other than India Coat exists in 29 countries. It is also found in France, where 6 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Coat Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Coat has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Coat surname decreased 41 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 47 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Coat Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Coat surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Coat last name are 15.73% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 62.5% being registered with the party.

The amount Coat earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 53.38% more than the national average, earning S/. 29,732 per year and in United States they earn 20.92% less than the national average, earning $34,123 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Coats8924,875/
Choat898,722/
Coate892,361/
Coast891,058/
Coath89462/
Cohat89124/
Couat8985/
Coatt8915/
Kcoat891/
Ckoat890/
Coa8613,593/
Choate8015,747/
Chouat802,392/
Cohaut80104/
Coatts8044/
Coatss808/
Coasts807/
Chhoat806/
Coatte803/
Coasth802/
Coaste802/
Choadt801/
Choait801/
Couate801/
Coathe801/
Dcoath801/
Chuoat801/
Choatt800/
Cohats800/
Couats800/
Coaths800/
Koat756,993/
Coad756,040/
Ccoa753,138/
Coha751,609/
Coșa75125/
Coas7582/
Caot7582/
Coaa7571/
Coay7547/
Coaz7544/
Coea7536/
Coța7530/
Coah7516/
Qoat7513/
Caoa7512/
Zoat7510/
Coua759/
Coai755/
Kcoa754/
Coïa754/
Cooa753/
Coau751/
Qcoa751/
Cuoa751/
Coap750/
Chouayt73170/
Chouate73150/
Chouait7315/
Choatte732/
Chouath732/
Choaite731/
Coautte731/
Couault731/
Coach672,031/
Cohea67959/
Koate67604/
Coash67363/
Kohat67300/
Tchouate67256/
Coyot67195/
Cohay67178/
Cojea67125/
Koatz6775/
Cohaz6774/
Cohai6765/
Couot6759/
Kouat6751/
Cahot6749/
Cohot6738/
Khoat6735/
Ccoha6729/
Couas6720/
Koath6719/
Qoate6718/
Cojot6714/
Cohoa6712/
Coads6711/
Cooha675/
Coțea675/
Cohad674/
Chaot674/
Caote674/
Chouatte674/
Cuoot674/
Coyia673/
Coiea672/
Couap672/
Caots672/
Cauat672/
Coiya672/
Koaut671/
Caost671/
Caeot671/
Choad671/
Cgoad671/
Chhoaite671/
Coagy671/
Coapp671/
Coaus671/
Cojia671/
Coiot671/
Koait671/
Koeat671/
Qoast671/
Qohat671/
Tchouatt671/
Caeat671/
Caoit671/
Couay671/
Coyya671/
Coaay671/
Coija671/
Cohah671/
Cuiat671/
Zouat671/
Coauj671/
Coahy670/
Couoa670/

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