Last Name COLES

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Meaning The son of Nicholas, from nickname Cole, whence the diminutive Col-in. Coles is the patronymic or genitive form.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish, Romanian, Belgian, South african

Rank 2,431 (2000 US census) 2,131 (1990 US census)
Count 13,641 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 45.51%, or 6208 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 49.14%, or 6703 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.55%, or 75 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.34%, or 46 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.68%, or 366 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.77%, or 241 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Russian middle names

 As with many things that are 'Russian,' neither child nor his parents has much choice in picking the name. It is purely patronymic and generally predefined at the time when the child is born or even rather conceived. The name is derived from the child's father's first...

Shortest last names

 The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...

Belarus middle names

 Belarus middle names form the same way as Russian ones, in part due to general common history of the Russian and Belarus nationalities, and in part due to very close integration of all nationalities during the Soviet Union times. Follow the

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