Coffin is used as a family name or surname in Old Norse and Welsh. It is 6 characters long in length.
The name of one or more medical men. The name may be a corruption of Kolfinn, from Old Norse koilr, helmeted and the proper name Finn; or that it was originally Coffing, a patronymic, formed from cúf, strenuous. Some historians believe it to be same as Colvin or Colvinus, who held lands in chief under the Confessor. It may also be the same with Caffin, from French chauvi, Latin calvus, bald; whence Chauvin or Clavin. Coffin and Coffinhal, and Coffinieres or Couffin are found as French surnames, and there is a place called Couvin in Belgium, and Coffinswell is the name of a parish co. Devon.
In Welsh, Cyffin signifies a boundary, a hill or a limit, cefyn, the ridge of a hill. This last name has its origin from Co signifying high or exalted and fin, a head, boundary or extremity. This family settled early in the century, on the slaud of Nantucket, near Cape Cod, where the name is very common. A native of the island, Daniel Allen wrote the following lines over a hundred years ago, describing the characteristics of the different families resifin there.
"The hasty COFFIN, fractious, loud,
The silent Gardiner, plotting,
The Mitchells good, the Barkers proud,
The Macys eat the pudding;
The rays and Russels coopers are,
The knowing Folger lazy,
A learned Coleman very rare,
And scarce an honest Hussey."
How popular is Coffin?
Coffin is common in United States.
Coffin is ranked 32105 on our list.
Despite the fact that the number of Coffin bearers increased by 1.576439 per cent in 2010 US census to 8312 since 2000, the surname slipped by 289 spots and ranked at 4274. The last name was found in around 28 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.
Race | 2010 | 2000 |
---|---|---|
White | 91.34 | 92.78 |
Black | 2.73 | 2.82 |
Hispanic or Latino | 2.25 | 1.33 |
Others | 1.5 | 1.1 |
American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.18 | 0.98 |
Asian and Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 0.99 |









































Immigrants to US
From Ireland
John Coffin from Ireland aboard the Java from Liverpool on April 27, 1846 during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 19 years old when he arrived in USA. Ellen Coffin (20), Mary Coffin (22) Maid, Workwoman Mary Coffin, 25 years old Mrs Coffin, Nancy Coffin, Mary Coffin, aged 18, Workman Thomas Coffin, Mary Coffin, Mary Coffin, aged 20, and 32 other Coffin around 85.71% of whom were workman migrated to US.
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Coffin Namesakes
- Adeline Hayden Coffin, Actress
- Adeline Hayden Coffin, Actress
- Thomas Coffin, Political figure
- Thomas Coffin Amory, Lawyer
- Tris Coffin, Film actor
- Anne-Marie Coffinet, Actress
- Pierre Coffin, Animator
- C. Hayden Coffin, Actor
- Jeff Coffin, Saxophonist
- Berton Coffin, Author