Explore the Family Name Coman

The meaning of Coman

1. Irish (Tipperary and Waterford): shortened form of Mac Cuimín or Ó Cuimín, see Cumming. 2. English (Norfolk): variant of Common. 3. Romanian: from an altered form of cuman, an ethnic name for a member of a Turkic people known in English as the Cumanians. Some characteristic forenames: Romanian Vasile, Cornel, Mihaela, Nicolae, Sorin, Viorel.

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How common is the last name Coman in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Coman has seen a slight decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010, with its rank dipping by approximately 2.23% from 20,945th to 21,413th. Despite this drop in ranking, the actual count of people bearing the surname increased by about 4.36%, from 1,170 to 1,221. However, when viewed in proportion per 100,000 people, there is a decrease of 4.65%, moving from 0.43 to 0.41.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#20,945	#21,413	-2.23%
Count	1,170	1,221	4.36%
Proportion per 100k	0.43	0.41	-4.65%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Coman

Looking at the ethnic identity associated with the Coman surname from the same Decennial U.S. Census data, we see that the majority identifies as White, remaining fairly stable from 2000 to 2010 with a slight decrease of 0.11%. The second most prevalent ethnicity is Black, which saw an increase of 10.18% during the same period. The percentage of those identifying as two or more races decreased significantly, by around 36.17%, while Hispanic identifiers also saw a decrease of about 7.30%. There were no recorded individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native.

	2000	2010	Change
White	80.6%	80.51%	-0.11%
Black	13.16%	14.5%	10.18%
Hispanic	2.74%	2.54%	-7.3%
Two or More Races	2.82%	1.8%	-36.17%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%