Cool Surname

14,275th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39,046 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Fiji

Cool Surname Definition:

1 a variant of Cole, q.v.

2 the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Cul(a (rare).

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Cool Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,6591:54,4316,497
India6,0001:127,8448,219
Egypt4,1191:22,3202,571
Sri Lanka3,8011:5,474802
Myanmar3,2221:16,120370
Bangladesh2,1631:73,6743,528
Belgium1,5281:7,5241,020
Mexico1,4841:83,6433,443
Morocco1,4311:24,0923,775
Ethiopia1,2881:75,7357,282
Ghana8311:32,5163,831
Canada6201:59,4287,010
Mali5811:29,207949
France5571:119,25118,016
Saudi Arabia4771:64,6879,689
Oman4211:8,7601,199
Togo4201:17,2575,159
England3891:143,23413,859
Ecuador3871:41,1004,319
Indonesia3471:381,12232,528
Australia2711:99,61511,276
Netherlands2531:66,74811,408
Fiji1891:4,732899
Germany1561:516,06143,667
Bahrain1031:13,0932,472
China1031:13,274,967797
Portugal851:122,5685,627
Pakistan811:2,205,48020,341
Thailand721:981,088150,124
Nigeria621:2,857,14190,271
Kuwait581:65,5297,566
Malaysia531:556,49527,316
South Africa511:1,062,30863,943
Ivory Coast401:576,78117,373
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Iraq261:1,346,98715,017
Russia251:5,764,922242,644
Brazil241:8,919,764194,226
Hong Kong231:318,9343,111
Italy201:3,057,83499,174
Philippines201:5,061,911170,869
Malta181:23,9041,289
Poland181:2,111,597101,748
Spain181:2,597,33559,996
Denmark171:332,04223,714
Libya161:390,2481,390
South Sudan161:713,442947
Uganda151:2,602,61975,106
United Arab Emirates151:610,81823,687
Vietnam151:6,176,4042,493
New Zealand141:323,45226,435
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Syria131:1,484,6948,122
Northern Ireland121:153,7538,250
Cambodia121:1,290,5965,991
Argentina111:3,885,765145,016
Peru111:2,889,46628,985
Scotland111:486,71119,179
Switzerland111:746,62949,719
Nepal101:2,848,0969,545
Norway101:514,22941,629
Wales101:309,45316,869
Angola91:2,998,8024,903
Colombia91:5,308,23018,838
Iceland91:42,2322,922
Liberia91:489,83723,279
Qatar91:262,00030,726
South Korea91:5,693,362993
Uzbekistan91:3,436,57132,268
Cameroon71:2,967,010123,373
Greenland71:8,054710
Jamaica71:409,9929,090
Japan71:18,263,47047,869
Moldova71:508,76732,975
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Tanzania71:7,563,08870,659
Ukraine71:6,503,242257,739
Zambia71:2,264,27533,397
Benin61:1,722,60061,769
Northern Mariana Islands61:9,097939
Albania51:582,81119,572
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Panama51:782,45211,059
Taiwan51:4,688,94927,695
Turkey51:15,564,284149,633
Belarus41:2,375,265105,497
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Equatorial Guinea41:283,918487
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Madagascar41:5,912,4595,394
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
Algeria31:12,877,18484,902
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Guatemala31:5,360,8898,925
Iran31:25,594,175224,183
Kazakhstan31:5,894,165166,702
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Romania31:6,692,62378,504
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Azerbaijan21:4,824,56142,415
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Guinea21:5,916,9082,656
Guyana21:381,11013,532
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Kyrgyzstan21:2,986,32784,533
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
North Macedonia21:1,050,73626,362
Mauritania21:2,047,43230,537
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines21:56,3301,327
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Dominica11:75,891912
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Guinea-Bissau11:1,728,021323
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Macau11:601,6301,582
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1221:199,79815,918
Wales161:98,0264,293
Scotland111:340,29210,329
Isle of Man101:5,427530
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2681:39,6054,671

Cool (6,162) may also be a first name.

Cool Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

1 a variant of Cole, q.v.

2 the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Cul(a (rare).

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Mac Giolla Comhghaill (W) or Mac Comhghaill This name has been made Cole in the Glenties area. MIF 70; Map Don

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

From Coull, a parish of Scotland co. Aberdeen; or Goole co. York; or Cole, name of places cos. Wilts and Somerset; or the same as the surname Cooley, Colley, Cowley; or from Cole, for Nicole, Nicol.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

User-submitted Reference

From Ireland, this family fled to the United States to avoid execution for stealing horses.

- clkchamilton

Cool Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Cool Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Cool is most common in The United States. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cool? popularity and diffusion

It is the 14,275th most widely held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 186,640 people. The surname Cool is predominantly found in Asia, where 44 percent of Cool live; 39 percent live in South Asia and 25 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 84,228th most common first name globally. It is borne by 6,162 people.

The surname Cool is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 6,659 people, or 1 in 54,431. In The United States Cool is primarily concentrated in: Ohio, where 9 percent reside, California, where 8 percent reside and Pennsylvania, where 7 percent reside. Apart from The United States Cool exists in 151 countries. It is also common in India, where 15 percent reside and Egypt, where 11 percent reside.

Cool Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Cool has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Cool surname rose 525 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 319 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it fell 37 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 33 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Cool Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Catholic (67%) in Ireland, Orthodox (69%) in Russia, Orthodox (95%) in Belarus, Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (55%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Cool surname are 22.27% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 69.04% being registered with the party.

The amount Cool earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 3.67% less than the national average, earning R 228,924 per year; in United States they earn 3.88% less than the national average, earning $41,474 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.6% less than the national average, earning $45,410 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Coole891,565/
Cooll8960/
Chool8958/
Coolt8914/
Scool8913/
Coold891/
Coolh891/
Kcool891/
Ckool891/
Col8610,933/
Choole809/
Coolle804/
Coolth803/
Tchool801/
Cshool801/
Cooyle800/
Cole75449,543/
Chol75318,899/
Coll7533,583/
Sool7529,959/
Kool7517,808/
Colt752,967/
Coil752,905/
Coul75920/
Colp75798/
Coel75461/
Cohl75262/
Ciol75257/
Cold75176/
Jool75110/
Zool75103/
Coyl7599/
Scol7549/
Colț7531/
Colì7520/
Coël7517/
Cojl754/
Cuol753/
Qool753/
Dcol752/
Cgol752/
Cotl751/
Czol751/
Cosl751/
Tcol751/
Zcol751/
Csol751/
Colh750/
Chuol67244,838/
Coyle6750,167/
Choul6731,393/
Colle6710,210/
Chole678,261/
Coull674,526/
Koole673,957/
Coile671,142/
Cotel67601/
Coule67159/
Cosil67151/
Cogli67136/
Scoll67117/
Cosel6799/
Joole6772/
Coell6741/
Ciole6737/
Czoll6730/
Choll6727/
Choil6723/
Could6722/
Cocel6720/
Coill6719/
Cioll6719/
Zoole6718/
Colht6717/
Choël6713/
Cotil6712/
Coelh6710/
Coulp678/
Khool678/
Chhol677/
Colhe676/
Colhs676/
Colld675/
Tchol675/
Cuolt675/
Coltd675/
Joolh674/
Coysl673/
Kcole672/
Cosle672/
Cottl672/
Kooll672/
Zoold672/
Choyl672/
Collt672/
Joolt671/
Cocil671/
Cohll671/
Czold671/
Jhool671/
Zgool671/
Couhl671/
Coytl671/
Coochell671/
Zoohl671/
Cotyl671/
Koohl671/
Ccole670/
Coihl670/
Cojle670/

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Footnotes

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