Coles is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Coles
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

Lastname is a variant of the Coales. See Cole - Places in counties Wilts and Somerset. Also a very ancient Teutonic personal name. In Domesday, it appears as a baptismal- in the Hundred Rolls as a family name.

Family name Coles is variant form of the Cole. An ancient name, borne by two kings of Britain, the first of whom reigned AD 125.

Descendant of Cole, a pet form of Nicholas meaning "people, victory".

Coles is a variant of Cole. Descendant of Cole, a pet form of Nicholas meaning "people, victory".

Coles is a form of Cold. A corruption of Cole - Places in counties Wilts and Somerset. Also a very ancient Teutonic personal name. In Domesday, it appears as a baptismal- in the Hundred Rolls as a family name.

Coles is form of Cole. Places in counties Wilts and Somerset. Also a very ancient Teutonic personal name. In Domesday, it appears as a baptismal- in the Hundred Rolls as a family name.

A genitive from of Cole.

How popular is Coles?

Coles is common in United States, England, Australia, Canada, Philippines, Wales, New Zealand, Ecuador, South Africa, Scotland, France, Mexico, Romania, Israel, Northern Ireland, Benin.

Coles is ranked 10213 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Coles bearers increased by 5.92 per cent in 2010 US census to 14449 since 2000, the surname slipped by 74 spots and ranked at 2505. The last name was found in around 5 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 48.71 49.14
White 43.62 45.51
Others 3.62 2.68
Hispanic or Latino 3.11 1.77
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.6 0.55
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.35 0.34
Coles is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Wales is ahead in terms of density. Around 55187 people have been found who wears Coles as their family name. Coles is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Coles:
2,397 United States19,012
411 England17,909
Countries with thousands of Coles:
721 Australia5,421
1,397 Canada3,943
6,753 Philippines2,382
159 Wales1,861
687 New Zealand1,036
Countries with hundreds of Coles:
2,996 Ecuador729
12,646 South Africa518
1,903 Scotland353
50,650 France198
10,293 Mexico194
13,924 Romania158
7,798 Israel139
2,046 Northern Ireland123
10,024 Benin121
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
24,257 Spain99
5,536 Haiti88
65,249 Germany87
1,267 Costa Rica81
88,033 Brazil71
7,697 Portugal57
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
69,250 Argentina37
247,258 Thailand33
88,569 Italy31
539 Guernsey29
774 Barbados28
780 Jersey25
16,565 Chile24
14,824 Dominican Republic23
397 Cayman Islands21
16,789 Iraq21
14,725 Qatar19
63,634 Netherlands18
9,887 Ireland17
23,714 Denmark17
22,419 Venezuela17
483 Gibraltar16
84,075 Greece14
68,998 Zimbabwe13
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
6,529 Northern Cyprus10
14,894 Taiwan10
1,883 Fiji9
3,029 Guam8
728,828 India8
8,527 Jamaica8
47,258 Norway8
63,315 Switzerland8
379 Turks and Caicos Islands8
80,919 Austria7
10,125 China7
70,659 Tanzania7
2,111 United States Virgin Islands7
116,183 Sweden6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Catherine Coles was 17 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on March 7, 1846. She lived in Ireland and took Ashburton from Liverpool. Henry Coles, aged 18, 18 years old Patrick Coles, James Coles (49) Workman, Immigrant Ann Coles, Workman Edward Coles, Immigrant J. Coles, Hannah Coles, aged 40, William Coles, and 3 other Coles mainly workman migrated to US from London, Liverpool and Bristol.

From Germany

46 years old Abraham Coles who was residing in Germany migrated to USA on April 23, 1860 by Hammonia put out from Hamburg. W.H. Coles, aged 28, 30 years old Emma Coles, A. Coles (Of unknown age), E. Coles (26), 28 years old E. Coles, are others that migrated to US from Bremen & Southampton, Antwerp and London.

Coles Namesakes

  • Manning Coles,
  • Julius E. Coles, former President of Africare and is Director of Morehouse College's Andrew Young Center for International Affairs
  • Arthur Coles, prominent Australian businessman and philanthropist
  • Laveranues Coles, former American football wide receiver
  • Richard Coles,
  • Isaac Coles, American planter and statesman from Virginia
  • Kim Coles, American actress, comedian and game show host
  • Neil Coles, English professional golfer
  • Edward Coles, planter and politician
  • The Coles, colloquial term referring to Corey Cole and Lori Ann Cole
  • Charles Coles, American actor and tap dancer
  • Cowper Phipps Coles, English naval captain and inventor; he was the first to patent a design for a revolving gun turret
  • Bimbo Coles, retired American basketball player
  • Sadie Coles, British art dealer, the owner of Sadie Coles HQ
  • Danny Coles, English former professional footballer
  • Darnell Coles, former Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball player
  • Charlie Coles, American college basketball coach and the former men's basketball head coach at Miami University and Central Michigan University
  • Peter Coles, theoretical cosmologist at Cardiff University and Maynooth University
  • Walter Coles, U.S. Democratic politician
  • Jenkin Coles, South Australian politician
  • Geoffrey Coles, British sport shooter
  • L. Stephen Coles, co-founder and executive director of the Gerontology Research Group where he conducted research on supercentenarians and on aging
  • Gavin Coles, Australian professional golfer

Coles Namesakes

  • Manning Coles,
  • Julius E. Coles, former President of Africare and is Director of Morehouse College's Andrew Young Center for International Affairs
  • Arthur Coles, prominent Australian businessman and philanthropist
  • Laveranues Coles, former American football wide receiver
  • Richard Coles,
  • Isaac Coles, American planter and statesman from Virginia
  • Kim Coles, American actress, comedian and game show host
  • Neil Coles, English professional golfer
  • Edward Coles, planter and politician
  • The Coles, colloquial term referring to Corey Cole and Lori Ann Cole
  • Charles Coles, American actor and tap dancer
  • Cowper Phipps Coles, English naval captain and inventor; he was the first to patent a design for a revolving gun turret
  • Bimbo Coles, retired American basketball player
  • Sadie Coles, British art dealer, the owner of Sadie Coles HQ
  • Danny Coles, English former professional footballer
  • Darnell Coles, former Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball player
  • Charlie Coles, American college basketball coach and the former men's basketball head coach at Miami University and Central Michigan University
  • Peter Coles, theoretical cosmologist at Cardiff University and Maynooth University
  • Walter Coles, U.S. Democratic politician
  • Jenkin Coles, South Australian politician
  • Geoffrey Coles, British sport shooter
  • L. Stephen Coles, co-founder and executive director of the Gerontology Research Group where he conducted research on supercentenarians and on aging
  • Gavin Coles, Australian professional golfer

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