Coffee Surname
Approximately 11,743 people bear this surname
Coffee Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'O'Coffey,' an Irish patronymic. Coffee, of course, is imitative. Biddy in the instance below speaks for her own nationality. It is said that the original form of O'Coffey was O'Cobhthaidh.
Read More About This SurnameCoffee Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8,007 | 1:45,268 | 5,528 |
| Ethiopia | 1,610 | 1:60,588 | 6,165 |
| Zimbabwe | 441 | 1:35,007 | 5,404 |
| South Africa | 241 | 1:224,804 | 23,422 |
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| Australia | 210 | 1:128,551 | 14,024 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| England | 145 | 1:384,262 | 26,878 |
| Canada | 74 | 1:497,913 | 42,460 |
| Nigeria | 54 | 1:3,280,421 | 99,135 |
| Israel | 54 | 1:158,475 | 16,422 |
| Liberia | 40 | 1:110,213 | 8,601 |
| Indonesia | 37 | 1:3,574,303 | 189,798 |
| China | 32 | 1:42,728,799 | 2,300 |
| Thailand | 31 | 1:2,278,656 | 255,572 |
| Iran | 25 | 1:3,071,301 | 92,215 |
| India | 24 | 1:31,961,058 | 386,265 |
| Vietnam | 23 | 1:4,028,089 | 2,356 |
| Ireland | 21 | 1:224,235 | 8,707 |
| Brazil | 18 | 1:11,893,018 | 236,958 |
| Niger | 16 | 1:1,199,501 | 25,520 |
| Italy | 13 | 1:4,704,361 | 107,811 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Hong Kong | 12 | 1:611,290 | 3,500 |
| Wales | 10 | 1:309,453 | 16,869 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:594,869 | 21,724 |
| Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
| New Zealand | 7 | 1:646,903 | 40,014 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Nepal | 4 | 1:7,120,239 | 14,461 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Colombia | 4 | 1:11,943,518 | 26,735 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Romania | 3 | 1:6,692,623 | 78,504 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 1:1,050,736 | 26,362 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 93 | 1:47,633 | 4,090 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 324 | 1:75,233 | 8,226 |
| Wales | 16 | 1:98,026 | 4,293 |
| Scotland | 16 | 1:233,951 | 8,207 |
| Jersey | 10 | 1:5,188 | 903 |
| Isle of Man | 3 | 1:18,090 | 1,402 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,967 | 1:10,110 | 1,307 |
Coffee (2,044) may also be a first name.
Coffee Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'O'Coffey,' an Irish patronymic. Coffee, of course, is imitative. Biddy in the instance below speaks for her own nationality. It is said that the original form of O'Coffey was O'Cobhthaidh. Dr. Charnock says that Murragh O'Cobhthaidh was bishop of Deny and Raphoe, temp. 1173 (v. Ludus Patronymicus). Both of the modern forms are naturally found at Liverpool, which numbers so many Irish among its population.
1704. Married — Thomas Coffee and Winifred Hillman: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1803. — William Jakins and Bidey (Biddy) Coffee: St. George, Hanover Square.
(Celtic) Victorious [Irish Cobhthach, th = h]
(Irish) Grandson of Cobhthach (victorious).
May be local, or may be of common origin with Coffin, Caffin, &c., the root being Latin calvus, bald."Coffee," says Ferguson, "I take to be the same as Coifi, the name of a converted heathen priest, who, on the reception of Christianity by the people of Northumbria, undertook the demolition of the ancient fanes. It has been asserted that this is not an Anglo-Saxon but a Cymric name, and that it denotes in Welsh a Druid, but Mr. Kemble has shown that it is an adjective formed from cóf, strenuous, and means "the bold or active one."
Lower thinks the names Coffee, Coaffee, Coffey may be local, or of common origin with Coffin, Caffin, &c., the root being Latin calvus, bald. Ferguson says, "Coffee I take to be the same as Coifi, the name of a converted heathen priest who, on the reception of Christianity by the people of Northumbria, undertook the demolition of the ancient fanes. It has been asserted that this is not an Anglo-Saxon but a Cymric name, and that it denotes in Welsh a Druid, but Mr. Kemble has shown that it is an adjective formed from cóf, strenuous, and means the bold or active one." I take it to be the Irish name O'Cobhthaidh or O'Coffey; from cobhthach, victorious, which O'Reilly says is the proper name of a man. Murragh O'Cobhthaidh was Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, and lived A. D. 1173. For the latter see Annals of the Four Masters.
From the French, Coffé; a personal name.
Cuff: from Coiffy, in Haute Marne.
Coffee Demographics
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Coffee Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Coffee Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Coffee is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Coffee? popularity and diffusion
It is the 44,229th most frequently held family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 620,586 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 68 percent of Coffee are found; 67 percent are found in North America and 67 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 166,841st most frequently occurring given name on earth. It is borne by 2,044 people.
It is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 8,007 people, or 1 in 45,268. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 12 percent reside, Georgia, where 12 percent reside and California, where 9 percent reside. Apart from The United States Coffee occurs in 92 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 14 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 4 percent reside.
Coffee Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Coffee has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Coffee surname grew 161 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 55 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it declined 77 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Wales it declined 37 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it declined 44 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Coffee Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Coffee surname is principally Catholic (96%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Coffee surname are 14.58% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 61.35% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Coffee earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 22.93% more than the national average, earning R 292,140 per year; in United States they earn 2.32% less than the national average, earning $42,146 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.1% less than the national average, earning $44,666 CAD per year.
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Coffee Reference & Research
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