Coughton Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Coughton Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Coughton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England161:1,523,46151,234
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States341:1,477,02079,266

Coughton Last Name Facts

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

The surname Coughton occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Coughton? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,360,413th most widely held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 56 percent of Coughton live; 56 percent live in Southern Africa and 56 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Coughton is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 10,835,541. In South Africa Coughton is most common in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 80 percent are found and Western Cape, where 20 percent are found. Other than South Africa this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 22 percent are found and The United States, where 22 percent are found.

Coughton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Coughton has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Coughton surname decreased 87 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Coughton Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Coughton last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Coughton earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 30.43% less than the national average, earning R 165,324 per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Coughton
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