Last Name COLE

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Meaning The son of Nicholas, from nickname Cole, whence the diminutive Col-in. Coles is the patronymic or genitive form.
An abbreviation of Nicholas, common among the Dutch.
Origin English, Jewish, Spanish, French, Irish, Croatian, Falkland, Haitian, Maltese, Belgian, Flemish, South african

Rank 116 (2000 US census) 108 (1990 US census)
Count 187,793 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 77.59%, or 145709 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 18.2%, or 34178 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.43%, or 808 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.68%, or 1277 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.61%, or 3023 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.48%, or 2779 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


American Surnames

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Longest baby names

 The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

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English surnames

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