Coin is used as a family name or surname in Ireland. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Coin
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Ireland
Meaning:

Is a variation of Cowne. Probably Cound, a parish in county of Salop.

The surname is variant of the Chowne. Castle Cliiowne, Clnoune, Chun, or Choon, in Cornwall, is a very ancient ruin. See Archajologia, XXII.

300. Davies Gilbert says that this appellation "is well known to mean a house in a croft." Hist. Cornw. iii. 244. Chun, a Welsh family name, is probably identical in signification. Found as Chone in Hundred Rolls. The Chownes of Kent and Sussex were said to be descended from a follower of the Conqueror, who came from La Vendee.

A variant of Kohn. Descendant of Kuno, a pet form of names beginning with Kun meaning "brave," as Chunrad and Kunimund; Can also be a variant of Cohen.

Variant of Kilcoyne. The son of the gentle youth.

Coin is a variant of the Cohen. The priest. Ths name indicates a family claiming descent from Aaron, the high priest.

The is variation of the Coen. Grandson of Comhghan meaning "twin".

Lastname is the variant of Conn. Descendant of Conn, pet form of Constantine meaning "constant".

The lastname Coin is a variant of Coyne. Grandson of Conn meaning "reason or a free man".

Of the corner.

The lastname Coin is a variant form of the Cohen. A common Jewish surname,- the Herbew for priest. Nearly sixty traders of this name occur in London Direct.

The variant of Coyne. See Coyney - The manor of Weston Coyney, in the parish of Caverswall, county of Stafford, seems to have been in possession of the family from temp. Henry III. The family probably came from Coigni, near Coutances, in Normandy.

How popular is Coin?

Coin is common in France, Italy, United States, Ghana, Spain, Brazil.

Coin is ranked 99154 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Coins plummeted by 5.64 per cent to 653 since 2000 and slipped by 3026 spots and ranked at 34618. The last name was found in around 2 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.21 87.86
American Indian and Alaska Native 5.67 6.21
Hispanic or Latino 2.76 2.31
Others 1.99 0
Coin is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in France which signifies its France provenence. Around 4776 people have been found who wears Coin as their family name. Coin is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Coin:
4,582 France1,785
Countries with hundreds of Coin:
11,383 Italy960
33,789 United States946
7,799 Ghana346
12,935 Spain253
43,700 Brazil168
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
194,472 India76
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
55,754 Argentina50
15,343 Botswana22
94,788 England21
63,354 Belgium15
97,973 Australia12
75,423 Netherlands12
259,204 Nigeria11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
7,200 China10
191,443 Canada10
48,153 Egypt9
266,530 Germany9
45,470 Mexico9
150,293 Malaysia7

Immigrants to US

From Germany

23 years old farmer Cathe. Coin who was residing in France migrated to USA on June 7, 1856 by Confederation put out from Havre. Laborer Thomas Coin, are others that migrated to US.

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