Coats Surname

21,860th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24,875 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Montserrat

Coats Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. (1) 'at the cote' or 'cotes,' i.e. cottages; (a) 'of Cotes,' a township in the parish of Eccleshall, Staffordshire; also a hamlet in the parish of Prestwold, Leicestershire.

Egidius de Cotes, Norfolk, 1273.

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Coats Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States22,0421:16,4442,083
England7671:72,6448,304
Australia5171:52,2166,443
Scotland4011:13,3511,738
Dominican Republic3311:31,5191,835
Canada2621:140,63214,476
New Zealand1801:25,1574,394
Thailand751:941,845145,864
Suriname701:7,8951,936
South Africa471:1,152,71766,933
India241:31,961,058386,265
Ireland151:313,92910,911
Wales141:221,03813,576
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
Philippines131:7,787,556197,164
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
Northern Ireland91:205,0049,958
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Northern Mariana Islands61:9,097939
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Guyana31:254,07411,262
France31:22,140,907385,998
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Honduras21:4,408,2217,709
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Montserrat11:4,947471
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland181:246,10410,726
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England9491:25,6853,528
Scotland3751:9,9821,278
Wales321:49,0132,509
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,3441:7,9161,012

Coats (49) may also be a first name.

Coats Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. (1) 'at the cote' or 'cotes,' i.e. cottages; (a) 'of Cotes,' a township in the parish of Eccleshall, Staffordshire; also a hamlet in the parish of Prestwold, Leicestershire.

Egidius de Cotes, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Robert de Cotes, Buckinghamshire, ibid.

Geoffrey de Cotes, Lincolnshire, ibid.

Ralph atte Cote, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby s Quest.

Thomas del Cotes, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johannes del Cotes, 1379: ibid.

Henricus del Cote, 1379: ibid.

Willelmus atte Cotes, 1379: Poll Tax of Howdenshire.

1561. Buried — Joane Coates: St. Peter, Cornhill.

1563. — John Cotes: ibid.

1625. William Turner and Susanna Coates: Marriage Lic. (London).

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

Variant spellings of Coutts, q. v. Sir James Coats (b. 1834) and his brother Sir Peter, founders of the great thread mills, were born in Paisley. English Coates is of different origin.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(English) belonging to Coat(e)s, or Dweller at the Cottages or the Pens [v. under Coate] Bothe princes paleises And povere [poor] mennes cotes.—Piers Plowman, 4930-1.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Descendant of one who occupied a cottage and tilled ten acres or less.

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

Parishes, &c., in cos. Gloucester, Leicester, Lincoln, Sussex, York, &c.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Local. The side, the shore, coast, border.

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

Coats Last Name Facts

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

The surname Coats (Arabic: معاطف) occurs most in The United States. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Coats? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 21,860th most frequently held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 292,967 people. The last name Coats is mostly found in The Americas, where 89 percent of Coats are found; 88 percent are found in North America and 87 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Coats is also the 1,430,306th most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 49 people.

The last name Coats is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 22,042 people, or 1 in 16,444. In The United States Coats is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 13 percent live, California, where 9 percent live and North Carolina, where 7 percent live. Besides The United States this surname occurs in 57 countries. It is also common in England, where 3 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.

Coats Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Coats has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Coats last name expanded 347 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it decreased 19 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 107 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it decreased 17 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it decreased 56 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Coats Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Coats last name is predominantly Anglican (56%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Coats last name are 12.52% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 59.29% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Coats earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 68.9% more than the national average, earning R 401,376 per year; in United States they earn 6.52% less than the national average, earning $40,335 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.29% more than the national average, earning $54,794 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Coatts9144/
Choats9118/
Coatss918/
Coasts917/
Coaths910/
Couats910/
Cohats910/
Coatse910/
Coat8940,058/
Coas8982/
Coate802,361/
Coast801,058/
Coath80462/
Coash80363/
Cohas80258/
Coase80132/
Cohat80124/
Couat8085/
Coatz8038/
Koats8026/
Couas8020/
Coatt8015/
Coads8011/
Coacs805/
Caots802/
Kcoat801/
Coaus801/
Coatx801/
Ckoat800/
Coa7513,593/
Cohaus73157/
Cohaut73104/
Coasse7329/
Cogias7310/
Couais735/
Coatte733/
Koaths733/
Kouats732/
Coaste732/
Coasth732/
Choatz731/
Couate731/
Coieas731/
Coathe731/
Tchouatse711/
Koat676,993/
Coad676,040/
Ccoa673,138/
Coha671,609/
Caos67214/
Coșa67125/
Koas67116/
Cohausz67115/
Caot6782/
Coaa6771/
Coay6747/
Coaz6744/
Couasse6741/
Coea6736/
Coța6730/
Coax6729/
Kouatse6726/
Coah6716/
Qoat6713/
Caoa6712/
Coogias679/
Qoas679/
Coua679/
Coai675/
Coïa674/
Kcoa674/
Cooa673/
Coac671/
Kohatse671/
Cuoa671/
Coautte671/
Coau671/
Chaouts671/
Caós671/
Couault671/
Qcoa671/
Coap670/

Coats Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Coats in the Arabic language
معاطفmatf-

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