Coulomb Surname

147,758th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,995 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Coulomb Surname User-submission:

Coulomb, or de Coulomb, is a French surname, either toponymic or zoological. Quite many French villages are named someway like that, or it could originally mean 'dove'. Coulomb is an important surname, because of his 1780s physics law and the SI unit of electric charge named after him in early 1880s.

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Coulomb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France2,8271:23,4962,746
United States551:6,590,162310,708
Canada211:1,754,552114,935
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Chile111:1,601,49826,155
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
England101:5,571,806158,774
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
Mexico71:17,732,31550,495
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jersey51:10,3761,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States241:2,092,445103,667

Coulomb Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Coulomb, or de Coulomb, is a French surname, either toponymic or zoological. Quite many French villages are named someway like that, or it could originally mean 'dove'. Coulomb is an important surname, because of his 1780s physics law and the SI unit of electric charge named after him in early 1880s. In electricity and electromagnetism physics, several units are named after European scientists' surnames.

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Coulomb Last Name Facts

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

The last name Coulomb is found in France more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Coulomb? popularity and diffusion

Coulomb is the 147,758th most common surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 2,433,237 people. Coulomb occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Coulomb reside; 95 percent reside in Western Europe and 94 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The surname Coulomb is most numerous in France, where it is held by 2,827 people, or 1 in 23,496. In France it is mostly found in: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 41 percent are found, Occitanie, where 21 percent are found and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 15 percent are found. Besides France this surname exists in 26 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Coulomb Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Coulomb has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 229 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Coulomb Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Coulomb last name are 24.66% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 71.43% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Coulomb earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 50.68% more than the national average, earning $65,018 USD per year and in Canada they earn 30.51% less than the national average, earning $34,524 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Coullomb93160/
Coulombs9318/
Colomb925,965/
Culomb921/
Collomb864,922/
Coulomp8619/
Colombt862/
Colombs862/
Coulonb861/
Coulumb861/
Coolomb860/
Coullomp802/
Colombch801/
Coullonb801/
Columb77479/
Colomp7739/
Kolomb7717/
Calomb776/
Kulomb771/
Colombová755/
Collomp71689/
Collumb7181/
Collonb7110/
Columbs712/
Koloemb710/
Callomb710/
Collomps678/
Collumbs670/

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