Cole Surname

1,186th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 449,543 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Sierra Leone

Cole 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.

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Cole Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States253,7971:1,428109
Sierra Leone68,3071:10415
England48,2581:1,155122
Australia18,7631:1,439164
Canada15,6351:2,357268
Liberia8,6281:51169
Nigeria5,1001:34,7342,835
Jamaica5,0581:567100
Philippines4,2741:23,6873,119
Wales3,2061:96585
New Zealand3,1401:1,442168
South Africa2,0371:26,5973,405
Ireland1,5271:3,084570
Scotland1,1811:4,533784
France8941:74,29810,398
Northern Ireland8681:2,126443
Thailand6301:112,12416,469
Saudi Arabia5171:59,6828,852
Brazil4771:448,79317,015
Germany4401:182,96721,357
Spain4261:109,7478,737
Belgium4021:28,5994,591
India3401:2,256,07574,483
Costa Rica2671:17,903666
Trinidad and Tobago2641:5,167832
Mexico2271:546,8119,446
Algeria2181:177,20921,974
Guyana2131:3,579650
Chile2071:85,1043,334
Panama1851:21,1471,399
Bahamas1831:2,141313
Dominican Republic1621:64,4013,114
Barbados1601:1,797349
Singapore1541:35,7641,284
Morocco1361:253,50142,794
Russia1311:1,100,17682,521
Ghana1241:217,90911,390
Iran1241:619,21434,078
Indonesia1111:1,191,43484,297
Netherlands1091:154,92823,054
Honduras1041:84,7731,572
Portugal1041:100,1754,850
Peru1001:317,84111,563
Zimbabwe1001:154,38219,513
Malaysia971:304,06416,606
Malta961:4,482309
Sweden931:105,8797,628
Italy901:679,51959,064
Japan891:1,436,45323,926
China731:18,730,4321,064
Antigua and Barbuda701:1,417247
Denmark661:85,5268,263
Switzerland661:124,43812,477
Jersey641:1,550220
United States Virgin Islands611:1,809297
Guernsey591:1,092205
Turkey561:1,389,66855,875
Seychelles531:1,743378
Nicaragua501:120,4222,026
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines501:2,253409
Belize451:7,8991,156
Norway431:119,58815,719
Cyprus411:21,5822,391
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Gambia321:60,108262
United Arab Emirates311:295,55719,854
Isle of Man301:2,861575
Argentina291:1,473,91182,038
Venezuela291:1,041,52015,561
Ivory Coast281:823,97321,823
Saint Lucia261:6,876840
Suriname261:21,2544,689
Benin251:413,42429,829
Guam251:6,405908
Hong Kong221:333,4313,127
Uzbekistan221:1,405,87025,726
Cayman Islands211:3,043397
Uganda211:1,859,01362,128
Colombia201:2,388,70413,197
Czechia201:531,67354,411
Togo201:362,3886,346
South Korea181:2,846,681560
Botswana171:128,64318,229
Paraguay171:425,6915,975
Poland171:2,235,809104,965
Guatemala161:1,005,1675,285
Iraq161:2,188,85319,343
Turks and Caicos Islands161:2,146247
Kazakhstan141:1,263,03568,752
Kenya141:3,298,56438,706
Taiwan141:1,674,62511,030
Afghanistan131:2,473,32216,278
Finland131:422,82327,659
Greece131:852,29284,400
Angola121:2,249,1014,887
Egypt121:7,661,31348,120
Haiti121:890,32611,483
Austria111:774,13064,097
Papua New Guinea111:741,24783,447
Serbia111:649,54122,440
Bermuda101:6,5281,005
Oman101:368,7975,193
Bahrain91:149,8455,469
Ecuador91:1,767,31620,027
Hungary91:1,090,69749,203
Belarus81:1,187,63277,603
Cameroon81:2,596,134118,056
Senegal81:1,822,4184,361
Saint Kitts and Nevis71:7,886671
Ukraine71:6,503,242257,739
Vietnam71:13,235,1512,948
Moldova61:593,56136,655
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Sri Lanka61:3,468,09312,102
Tanzania61:8,823,60272,091
Georgia51:749,10921,598
Monaco51:7,4131,114
Pakistan51:35,728,777102,388
Zambia51:3,169,98435,680
Bolivia41:2,654,1087,945
Brunei41:104,6832,048
Cambodia41:3,871,7869,580
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Fiji41:223,5982,635
Puerto Rico41:887,5354,548
Samoa41:48,452659
Slovakia41:1,334,11294,300
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Vanuatu41:65,8191,151
Azerbaijan31:3,216,37432,290
Bangladesh31:53,118,92425,950
Bulgaria31:2,326,30254,089
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Guinea31:3,944,6062,522
Lebanon31:1,879,02822,073
Luxembourg31:193,5147,046
North Macedonia31:700,49123,754
Montserrat31:1,649224
Mozambique31:9,087,1907,315
Myanmar31:17,312,6622,080
Namibia31:803,13415,170
Slovenia31:829,22525,091
Anguilla21:6,718471
Armenia21:1,465,09016,492
British Virgin Islands21:15,797839
Laos21:3,294,1621,900
Lithuania21:1,517,29435,813
Tajikistan21:4,193,34612,835
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Dominica11:75,891912
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Faroe Islands11:48,9982,049
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Marshall Islands11:51,8212,326
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
Palau11:21,643223
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
San Marino11:33,214932
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Wallis and Futuna11:13,610185
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1,1871:3,732664
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England25,6401:95198
Wales1,3411:1,17079
Scotland2431:15,4041,699
Jersey311:1,674277
Guernsey141:2,333390
Isle of Man21:27,1351,659
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States52,0351:96573

The alternate forms: Colé (17), Çole (15), Čole (11) & Cóle (1) are calculated separately.

Cole (28,790) may also be a first name.

Cole 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.

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

(Anglo-Greek) a diminutive form of Nic(h)olas, q.v. (English) the Anglo-Saxon Col, Cola; also Ceól, Ceóla [cp. Old English col-Old Norse kol (coal-) black; and Old English ceól = Old Norse kjóll, a ship] Hauell and Haruy Hafter, Iack Trauell and Cole Crafter, We shall here more herafter.— Skelton, Why come ye nal to Courte? 94-6.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Cole is also a numerous English, name

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

Nickname for Nicholas (q.v.).

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(English) Descendant of Cole, a pet form of Nicholas (people, victory).

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

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.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

An abbreviation of Nicholas, common among the Dutch.

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

(English), Koyl, Coyll, Coil, or Coel; an ancient name, borne by two kings of Britain, the first of whom reigned A.D. 125.

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

See Colls. Richard Cole in Rotuli de Oblatis et Finibus, King John

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

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.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Cole Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cole (Arabic: آول, Marathi: चोले) is found most frequently in The United States. It may also be found as: Colé, Çole, Čole or Cóle. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cole? popularity and diffusion

Cole is the 1,186th most commonly held family name globally, held by around 1 in 16,211 people. The last name Cole is predominantly found in The Americas, where 62 percent of Cole live; 60 percent live in North America and 60 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 28,797th most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 28,790 people.

It is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 253,797 people, or 1 in 1,428. In The United States it is mostly found in: Texas, where 8 percent are found, California, where 8 percent are found and Georgia, where 5 percent are found. Not including The United States this last name exists in 180 countries. It is also found in Sierra Leone, where 15 percent are found and England, where 11 percent are found.

Cole Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Cole has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Cole last name rose 488 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 188 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 239 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 129 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 486 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Cole Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Cole surname is principally Catholic (50%) in Ireland, Orthodox (80%) in Russia and Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States Cole are 11.14% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.91% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Cole earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 33.32% less than the national average, earning €20,025 per year; in Norway they earn 6.24% more than the national average, earning 367,672 kr per year; in Peru they earn 19.28% more than the national average, earning S/. 23,123 per year; in South Africa they earn 41.98% more than the national average, earning R 337,404 per year; in United States they earn 2.51% less than the national average, earning $42,067 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.27% more than the national average, earning $50,811 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Colé9217/
Çole9215/
Čole9211/
Cóle921/
Coles8955,193/
Coyle8950,167/
Coley8929,603/
Colle8910,210/
Chole898,261/
Colet893,339/
Coler892,646/
Coole891,565/
Coile891,142/
Colee89815/
Colea89663/
Colie89415/
Coule89159/
Scole8999/
Colez8973/
Coleş8972/
Coleu8962/
Coleș8952/
Ciole8937/
Colje8936/
Coele8934/
Cohle8918/
Colei898/
Colhe896/
Colge895/
Coled894/
Colej894/
Cotle893/
Kcole892/
Cosle892/
Colep892/
Coleh891/
Dcole891/
Coleć891/
Ccole890/
Cojle890/
Col8610,933/
Cooley8049,562/
Colley8045,318/
Collet8038,809/
Cottle8011,315/
Collie809,691/
Coller803,346/
Coulet802,436/
Colleu801,283/
Cooler801,049/
Coslet80995/
Colles80638/
Cotler80600/
Coyles80564/
Coules80500/
Collee80497/
Cosley80390/
Choley80378/
Cosler80370/
Coiley80350/
Ciolea80292/
Cholle80254/
Cotlet80228/
Tchole80228/
Coille80203/
Colett80189/
Couley80184/
Collea80148/
Colțea80141/
Coulie80107/
Coulle8098/
Scoley8093/
Coulee8092/
Collée8091/
Coelle8085/
Coolie8083/
Coulée8078/
Cooles8059/
Colher8059/
Coyler8056/
Collez8044/
Csolle8033/
Choule8033/
Coless8030/
Cotleţ8030/
Coulez8028/
Coiles8026/
Coyley8021/
Chhole8021/
Coolee8020/
Coiler8019/
Coleas8014/
Collep8013/
Cholei8012/
Ciolle8012/
Colesh8012/
Cotley8011/
Choole809/
Couler808/
Czolej808/
Hcolle807/
Cotles806/
Coylie805/
Cholhe804/
Coeley804/
Collge804/
Cohles804/
Coolle804/
Cotleț804/
Cohley803/
Scolle803/
Cholee803/
Coutle803/
Collle803/
Cotlez803/
Colesr802/
Colest802/
Coolet802/
Cootle802/
Choile802/
Coilie802/
D'Cole802/
Coleey801/
Colets801/
Qcoles801/
Chohle801/
Coslep801/
Cuoles801/
Coehle801/
Cohleh801/
Cojtle801/
Coleis801/
Coleys801/
Chsole801/
Cioles801/
Ciolie801/
Coliea801/
Colihe801/
Czolea801/
Dcoyle801/
Sczole801/
Cosleh801/
Coelhe801/
Colled801/
Colhes801/
Cholea801/
Choyle801/
Ccolje801/
Cotleå801/
Cousle801/
Coșleț801/
Coolez801/
Colåea801/
Coletz801/
Colije801/
Scoule800/
Coleph800/
Cotlle800/
Coylee800/
Cosles800/
Scoyle800/
Colepp800/
Cooyle800/
Scolee800/
Coleer800/
Colgey800/
Coylet800/
Colees800/
Kole75110,646/
Coly7553,172/
Cool7539,046/
Sole7535,008/
Coll7533,583/
Cola7533,127/
Cale759,066/
Coli758,001/
Zole756,661/
Colt752,967/
Coil752,905/
Cule751,362/
Jole751,360/
Coul75920/
Colp75798/
Qole75649/
Cohl75262/
Cold75176/
Coyl7599/
Žole7555/
Căle7546/
Ţole7531/
Colț7531/
Colì7520/
Coël7517/
Cojl754/
Cuol753/
Colí752/
Cgol752/
Cotl751/
Colă751/
Cosl751/
Colh750/
Collett7324,930/
Cholley731,889/
Coslett73938/
Coullet73860/
Colless73846/
Cotelle73816/
Cousley73402/
Coutlee73314/
Cottles73176/
Coillet73119/
Cottler73118/
Cousler7399/
Scolley7394/
Coolley7390/
Coutley7375/
Tchoule7374/
Coutler7355/
Czoller7349/
Choolee7348/
Coullie7347/
Colleit7345/
Cotille7337/
Chollee7325/
Colleer7323/
Coillie7321/
Couleas7320/
Colleij7319/
Coillee7315/
Chouley7313/
Colletd7313/
Coilley7313/
Coulles7311/
Choilee7310/
Choulge737/
Choulee736/
Couller735/
Couëlle734/
Scooley734/
Cotlett734/
Chooley734/
Coileth734/
Csollei734/
Coletts733/
Tcholey733/
Couleer732/
Cohller732/
Cooller732/
Collest732/
Chhoule732/
Coutlée732/
Cioleis732/
Choylee732/
Colleys731/
Chollei731/
Coulley731/
Coolett731/
Cooleys731/
Cooliey731/
Couyler731/
Coylest731/
Cohleth731/
Colesch731/
Ciollie731/
Collesh731/
Collets731/
Colleyd731/
Colloey731/
Tcholeh731/
Choille731/
Chouhle731/
Choulea731/
Choulhe731/
Ccollge731/
Csolley731/
Cotletz731/
Coullee731/
Coullez731/
Cosille731/
Coe'lle731/
Coolees731/
Collieh731/
Choulei731/
Colleht731/
Coyller731/
Cooless730/
Cottley730/
Coulett730/
Colleis730/
Scohley730/
Coilles730/
Coollie730/
Coleath730/
Coutlet730/
Coosler730/
Cohlepp730/
Qucoles730/
Coselle730/
Coleher730/
Coehley730/
Coleach730/
Czollee730/
Cootler730/
Colleet730/
Cotlets730/
Calle67135,743/
Kolhe6778,100/
Soleh6775,551/
Koley6767,420/
Kolie6766,886/
Chale6757,923/
Colli6732,695/
Calei6716,193/
Colla6713,192/
Kolle678,534/
Khole677,225/
Coila676,941/
Colis675,606/
Caley675,345/
Kolge675,232/
Kgole674,814/
Coull674,526/
Koole673,957/
Soley673,948/
Cales673,650/
Culea673,025/
Colia672,936/
Solie672,788/
Solle672,668/
Colio672,437/
Choli672,183/
Chule672,022/
Cioli671,964/
Ciola671,910/
Scale671,886/
Caler671,877/
Koyle671,873/
Coyla671,844/
Kohle671,701/
Solea671,642/
Colaj671,469/
Colly671,371/
Koule671,319/
Koele671,304/
Coeli671,163/
Soile671,143/
Coutelle671,135/
Calep671,120/
Kolee671,104/
Couly67916/
Joles67914/
Caule67859/
Koleh67857/
Djole67787/
Zolet67717/
Jolet67676/
Joule67642/
Colay67612/
Cotel67601/
Kolea67578/
Calea67560/
Soole67552/
Solee67489/
Catle67445/
Kolei67433/
Calet67414/
Coloa67411/
Culej67401/
Jolhe67317/
Ciule67300/
Culey67295/
Jolle67286/
Solei67278/
Gcule67259/
Culie67249/
Colip67248/
Calie67246/
Collé67237/
Koile67234/
Cuyle67233/
Zoule67229/
Coloj67202/
Kolej67173/
Choly67169/
Zolle67159/
Cosil67151/
Jhole67147/
Cogli67136/
Coliz67129/
Koleš67122/
Sohle67115/
Zolea67115/
Zoleh67113/
Joley67108/
Ciale67108/
Caled67106/
Cuile67103/
Cosel6799/
Culet6798/
Ţolea6794/
Joler6792/
Koleu6790/
Qhole6790/
Coloy6789/
Ceule6780/
Culle6775/
Joole6772/
Coula6770/
Cohlhepp6768/
Zoler6765/
Cooly6763/
Cooll6760/
Colai6760/
Calez6759/
Calje6758/
Giole6754/
Coulleit6750/
Colța6745/
Zhole6744/
Jolea6743/
Joile6743/
Culer6740/
Kcoli6737/
Soleu6734/
Couli6733/
Cohla6733/
Culhe6732/
Tsole6732/
Koleň6731/
Qojle6729/
Gkole6729/
Coliy6727/
Colid6727/
Colit6726/
Casle6724/
Cottille6724/
Soğle6724/
Csoli6723/
Colleije6722/
Could6722/
Czoli6722/
Zolie6720/
Cocel6720/
Coill6719/
Colletts6718/
Zoole6718/
Jolee6718/
Joyle6717/
Colht6717/
Caleh6716/
Kuole6716/
Zoley6714/
Coolt6714/
Qoele6714/
Zoles6713/
Cules6712/
Zolge6712/
Ziole6712/
Calee6712/
Kolje6712/
Cotil6712/
Coola6711/
Czoly6711/
Caleu6710/
Collí6710/
Colaa6710/
Qolje6710/
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Zoile679/
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Cohli678/
Jotle678/
Colys678/
Coloi677/
Chhouley677/
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Colhs676/
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Coyly674/
Cotli674/
Zolei674/
Zolee674/
Suole674/
Ccale674/
Coliș674/
Coolj674/
Jolez674/
Colôa674/
Dsole673/
Coily673/
Colui673/
Solhe673/
Dcola673/
Scolè673/
Colij673/
Gqole673/
Coysl673/
Caele673/
Cutle672/
Cotly672/
Cahle672/
Culei672/
Cottl672/
Couselle672/
Cottelle672/
Colhi672/
Colih672/
Zoleu672/
Ccola672/
Čolle672/
Zuole672/
Cioly672/
Collt672/
Gcola672/
Kcale671/
Qoyle671/
Culee671/
Cocil671/
Cohll671/
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Cole Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Cole in the Marathi language
चोलेcole-
Cole in the Arabic language
آولawl-

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