Coffman Surname
Approximately 34,357 people bear this surname
Coffman Surname Definition:
(German) The merchant or tradesman, an Anglicization of Kaufmann.
Read More About This SurnameCoffman Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 34,002 | 1:10,660 | 1,304 |
| England | 94 | 1:592,745 | 35,632 |
| Canada | 61 | 1:604,026 | 49,778 |
| New Zealand | 42 | 1:107,817 | 14,061 |
| Australia | 32 | 1:843,616 | 52,533 |
| Mexico | 28 | 1:4,433,079 | 27,489 |
| Guam | 21 | 1:7,625 | 1,143 |
| Germany | 14 | 1:5,750,390 | 205,224 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 13 | 1:1,875,028 | 58,113 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,786 | 1:8,679 | 1,112 |
Coffman (45) may also be a first name.
Coffman Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) The merchant or tradesman, an Anglicization of Kaufmann.
User-submitted Reference
This is an Anglicization of the German surname, Kaufmann, which means 'wholesale merchant'. It's a not uncommon German-Jewish surname in Switzerland and Swabia, and is also found among Mennonites and their descendants in North America.
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Average Male Coffman Height
177.12 cm
Average Female Coffman Height
162.23 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Coffman Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Coffman Come From? nationality or country of origin
Coffman is most common in The United States. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Coffman click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Coffman? popularity and diffusion
The surname Coffman is the 16,200th most commonly held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 212,112 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 92 percent of Coffman live; 92 percent live in North America and 92 percent live in Anglo-North America. Coffman is also the 1,504,468th most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 45 people.
The surname Coffman is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 34,002 people, or 1 in 10,660. In The United States Coffman is mostly found in: Texas, where 11 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Missouri, where 6 percent live. Beside The United States this surname is found in 41 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.
Coffman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Coffman has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Coffman last name grew 588 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 723 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Coffman Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Coffman last name are 34.86% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 88.09% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Coffman earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 1.06% less than the national average, earning $42,692 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.6% more than the national average, earning $56,439 CAD per year.
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Coffman Reference & Research
Kauffman FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.
Kauffman FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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