Coules Surname

616,129th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 500 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Ireland

Coules Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Nicholas,' from nick. Cole, provincially Coul (v. Coulson and Coulling). Cole and Coles (which see) are the general forms, (a) Local, 'of Couhill' or 'Cowhill,' some small spot in or near Blackburn, Lancashire.

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Coules Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1701:327,75324,219
United States1601:2,265,368141,469
Canada1241:297,14227,584
Ireland291:162,3777,171
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
France11:66,422,722504,397
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1371:177,92214,779
Wales31:522,80514,314
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States411:1,224,84668,768

Coules 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, provincially Coul (v. Coulson and Coulling). Cole and Coles (which see) are the general forms, (a) Local, 'of Couhill' or 'Cowhill,' some small spot in or near Blackburn, Lancashire.

John de Couhill, of Rishton, Lancashire, 1332: Lay Subsidy (Rylands).

John de Coule, of Blackburn, Lancashire, 1332: ibid.

1582. Married — Thomas Woodcrafte and Margaret Cowell: St. Michael, Cornhill.

1636. Benjamin Brighouse and Anne Cowles, widow of Richard Cole (sic): Marriage Lic. (London).

1809. Married —Joseph Coules and Lucy Bedford: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

A Galwegian surname. One of the many forms assumed by the name Macdowall, which see. (2) English Coles is the patronymic form of Cole, diminutive of Nic(h)olas.

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

For Coles, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A genitive form of Cole.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Possibly from Cowal, a considerable district of Argyleshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

The Cowells of Lancashire probably take their name from Cowhill, a district and seat in Lancashire.

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

Coules Last Name Facts

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

Coules is found most frequently in England. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Coules.

How Common Is The Last Name Coules? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 616,129th most widespread surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 14,575,092 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 51 percent of Coules live; 50 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most numerous in England, where it is borne by 170 people, or 1 in 327,753. In England Coules is mostly found in: Greater London, where 33 percent are found, Oxfordshire, where 12 percent are found and Essex, where 10 percent are found. Aside from England this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 32 percent are found and Canada, where 25 percent are found.

Coules Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Coules has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname expanded 124 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 390 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 580 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Coules Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Coules last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Coules surname are 0.45% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 52.78% being registered with the party.

The amount Coules earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 38.42% more than the national average, earning $59,729 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.7% more than the national average, earning $55,994 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Choules92954/
Couleas9220/
Coulles9211/
Coles9155,193/
Coule91159/
Couls9190/
Cules9112/
Coulet832,436/
Choles831,470/
Colles83638/
Coyles83564/
Coulis83513/
Caules83388/
Couley83184/
Coulls83179/
Chules83122/
Coulie83107/
Coulle8398/
Koules8394/
Coulee8392/
Coulée8378/
Cooles8359/
Chouls8353/
Coless8330/
Coulez8328/
Coiles8326/
Cuiles8326/
Cutles8324/
Coleas8314/
Colesh8312/
Culles8311/
Coleus8311/
Couler838/
Cotles836/
Cohles834/
Coeles834/
Coutle833/
Colese833/
Colesr832/
Colest832/
Colies831/
Colets831/
Qcoles831/
Culeas831/
Couels831/
Cuoles831/
Coleis831/
Coleys831/
Cioles831/
Colhes831/
Culezs831/
Cousle831/
Cuyles830/
Culies830/
Cosles830/
Ceules830/
Colees830/
Cole80449,543/
Cule801,362/
Cols801,254/
Coucelles802/
Coulais77996/
Coullet77860/
Colless77846/
Cajoles77638/
Choulis77444/
Cousley77402/
Coutlee77314/
Cottles77176/
Collies7799/
Cousler7799/
Coutley7775/
Colesse7763/
Cuelhes7756/
Coutler7755/
Coelles7750/
Cuelles7749/
Coullie7747/
Chulles7737/
Koutles7730/
Coutlis7726/
Couelle7725/
Couliez7722/
Collese7719/
Tsoules7717/
Kouleas7710/
Cholesh777/
Chuleas775/
Couller775/
Colease775/
Couëlle774/
Coletts773/
Couleer772/
Coweles772/
Chaules772/
Collest772/
Cojales772/
Coutlée772/
Coyoles772/
Cajules772/
Cioleis772/
Cuttles771/
Colleys771/
Coulley771/
Cooleys771/
Couyler771/
Coylest771/
Colesch771/
Collesh771/
Collets771/
Cholles771/
Koulles771/
Gkoules771/
Coullee771/
Coullez771/
Coulois771/
Coolees771/
Colleus771/
Khoules771/
Cooless770/
Coulett770/
Colleis770/
Coeless770/
Coilles770/
Coullis770/
Caulles770/
Coutlet770/
Chuyles770/
Cutless770/
Qucoles770/
Ceaules770/
Couglis770/
Coliess770/
Couliss770/
Cotlets770/
Coulice770/
Coyle7350,167/
Coley7329,603/
Cools7311,611/
Colle7310,210/
Colis735,606/
Cales733,650/
Colet733,339/
Culea733,025/
Coler732,646/
Colls731,835/
Coole731,565/
Koule731,319/
Coile731,142/
Couly73916/
Caule73859/
Colee73815/
Culis73802/
Colea73663/
Koles73641/
Zules73608/
Colex73488/
Colie73415/
Culej73401/
Culey73295/
Kules73291/
Gcule73259/
Culie73249/
Coels73248/
Cuyle73233/
Coils73179/
Cuile73103/
Culet7398/
Ceule7380/
Culle7375/
Colez7373/
Coleş7372/
Coula7370/
Colse7366/
Coleu7362/
Coleș7352/
Culer7340/
Colje7336/
Coele7334/
Couli7333/
Culhe7332/
Colsh7331/
Cohls7325/
Cuels7324/
Cuhls7320/
Cohle7318/
Ceuls7318/
Chols7316/
Zoles7313/
Cauls7312/
Cuele7310/
Colei738/
Colce738/
Colys738/
Colhe736/
Colhs736/
Colge735/
Colec735/
Coled734/
Colej734/
Cotle733/
Chuls733/
Cutle732/
Kcole732/
Culei732/
Cosle732/
Colep732/
Culee731/
Coleh731/
Colst731/
Colss731/
Culce731/
Culeu731/
Culez731/
Culıs731/
Coleć731/
Culls730/
Ccole730/
Coyls730/
Culse730/
Culys730/
Culeh730/
Cojle730/
Cusle730/
Coutelle711,135/
Choullis7165/
Tsouleas7155/
Coulleit7150/
Cajoleas7141/
Coulisse7139/
Colletts7118/
Coujolle7115/
Culesova7112/
Koujales7111/
Tsoulies715/
Choulios715/
Colesova713/
Koueleis713/
Coutlish712/
Couselle712/
Cutilles712/
Chooleas712/
Coullais711/
Coutliss711/
Chaulles711/
Culleŕes711/
Coullett711/
Coucelle711/
Couellec711/
Cocilles711/
Culletts710/
Cholleys710/
Cooley6749,562/
Colley6745,318/
Collet6738,809/
Cutler6736,928/
Calles6724,496/
Collis6714,871/
Cholis6712,441/
Cottle6711,315/
Collie679,691/
Culley679,114/
Kulesh677,863/
Cauley676,900/
Khoule675,760/
Culler674,639/
Coller673,346/
Cuyler672,250/
Chales672,112/
Cullis672,023/
Colleu671,283/
Kohles671,157/
Koulis671,122/
Cooler671,049/
Coslet67995/
Caulet67876/
Kulesz67869/
Kuhles67805/
Cotler67600/
Cuttle67590/
Culeac67554/
Collee67497/
Cailes67424/
Cullet67411/
Cosley67390/
Cholez67388/
Cosler67370/
Kolles67352/
Coiley67350/
Koulei67342/
Kouele67307/
Caulea67280/
Caulle67250/
Colsch67246/
Zoulis67239/
Cuylle67238/
Cotlet67228/
Cuilhe67215/
Couteller67203/
Coille67203/
Zolles67203/
Colett67189/
Kolese67189/
Koulle67169/
Collea67148/
Cowels67145/
Colțea67141/
Colish67139/
Cauler67134/
Cotellese67134/
Cauule67132/
Quales67128/
Collec67125/
Cuelle67109/
Koleas67106/
Cullie67100/
Cuille6799/
Chulis6792/
Collée6791/
Caulee6788/
Coelle6785/
Coolie6783/
Kouley6780/
Cuslea6772/
Coyole6770/
Caless6767/
Colais6764/
Ciulis6762/
Coulay6761/
Colher6759/
Cutley6757/
Culiez6757/
Colche6757/
Coyler6756/
Colios6753/
Cotils6751/
Colice6747/
Collez6744/
Kholes6744/
Ciales6742/
Zohles6741/
Coulic6738/
Koulie6736/
Coulch6735/
Cușlea6733/
Calies6732/
Kuless6732/
Couttelle6731/
Chulze6730/
Kolesh6730/
Koyles6730/
Cotleţ6730/
Coelis6729/
Koiles6727/
Collys6725/
Cohlst6724/
Calhes6724/
Kaules6724/
Cautle6723/
Chulse6722/
Coyley6721/
Coolee6720/
Kuiles6720/
Coolis6719/
Coiler6719/
Cousli6719/
Kouleh6719/
Kulles6718/
Cayole6716/
Collès6716/
Cuelez6714/
Collex6714/
Gkoles6714/
Koulea6714/
Couchells6713/
Collep6713/
Kooles6712/
Koulge6712/
Caulis6712/
Cuelhe6712/
Cotley6711/
Cutlet6711/
Chauls6710/
Coulliais6710/
Kolesr679/
Ckolis679/
Kuleas679/
Culice679/
Cusley678/
Kulets678/
Cuilis678/
Calese678/
Cholsh677/
Hcolle677/
Colise676/
Cusler676/
Koleis676/
Zulles676/
Culise676/
Chulez676/
Koless675/
Catles675/
Kulies675/
Coylie675/
Cuglis675/
Cuelis675/
Casles674/
Kusles674/
Cholse674/
Coeley674/
Collge674/
Culett674/
Caleis674/
Kolies674/
Culeid674/
Caulie674/
Coolle674/
Caales674/
Cutellese674/
Cotleț674/
Cuilie674/
Cholys674/
Chulys674/
Cohley673/
Koleus673/
Cuiale673/
Culish673/
Cayles673/
Ciolex673/
Cuilei673/
Coells673/
Collle673/
Culais673/
Coulai673/
Coulia673/
Caeles673/
Csolis673/
Cotlez673/
Culead673/
Calesd673/
Coleac672/
Culihe672/
Coolet672/
Cootle672/
Cheule672/
Coulla672/
Kolhes672/
Qouley672/
Colijs672/
Coilie672/
Coulit672/
Caiole672/
D'Cole672/
Colece672/
Coolex672/
Colisd672/
Ceales671/
Coleey671/
Khules671/
Koeles671/
Qaules671/
Quoles671/
Kolges671/
Kouleisse671/
Caleas671/
Calees671/
Cholls671/
Chools671/
Cueley671/
Cuiels671/
Culeasova671/
Culleh671/
Coslep671/
Couceller671/
Coulgi671/
Couseller671/
Cuutle671/
Cuylet671/
Cuyley671/
Coylec671/
Coehle671/
Cohleh671/
Cojtle671/
Coliea671/
Colihe671/
Collst671/
Coluis671/
Tsoles671/
Cuslis671/
Coulio671/
Zuleus671/
Kulese671/
Cosleh671/
Coelhe671/
Colled671/
Coliez671/
Coueli671/
Koulez671/
Kouyle671/
Koutle671/
Kulesj671/
Tzoles671/
Czulis671/
Cajole671/
Choulz671/
Chàles671/
Ciolis671/
Ceyles671/
Ccolje671/
Caulhe671/
Ceulei671/
Cuehle671/
Culech671/
Cotleå671/
Coutiller671/
Coutillet671/
Coulix671/
Couliz671/
Coully671/
Coșleț671/
Coscilles671/
Coolez671/
Colåea671/
Coletz671/
Coleåž671/
Colije671/
Koulee671/
Calesh671/
Cuells671/
Cajule671/
Ciyole671/
Culher671/
Kouleï671/
Kousle671/
Khouls671/
Causle670/
Couloy670/
Cutlee670/
Coylis670/
Coleph670/
Cullee670/
Cuiley670/
Culeer670/
Cullep670/
Cotlle670/
Coylee670/
Tcales670/
Cosels670/
Cuiler670/
Colepp670/
Cooyle670/
Cowele670/
Coleer670/
Kuyles670/
Coolys670/
Colgey670/
Kolees670/
Caulls670/
Cholce670/
Coylet670/
Choels670/
Coyale670/
Colist670/

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