The Coggins surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,722 people carried this name — #4,594 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 38,200 people counted. That is down 2% from 7,868 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Coggins surname

Variant of Coogan.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Coggins» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

Among the farmers of England and Wales, 1880s

Coggins was found among the farmers of Oxfordshire: 15 in every 10,000.

Guppy counted the farmers listed in each county’s directory and recorded a name only where it reached about 7 in every 10,000; where it does not appear, it was rarer than that, not absent.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Per 10,000 farmers, by county

Oxfordshire 15

H. B. Guppy, «Homes of Family Names in Great Britain» (London, 1890), alphabetical list of English and Welsh names — public domain · farmers in Kelly’s Post Office Directories of the 1880s, per 10,000 farmers in each county.

In print

Coggins in American newspapers,
1906–1915.

Newspaper page from The Brownsville Daily Herald carrying the name Coggins
The Brownsville Daily Herald 1906-02-06
Newspaper page from The Daily Journal carrying the name Coggins
The Daily Journal 1915-01-06
Newspaper page from The Day Book carrying the name Coggins
The Day Book 1915-01-12

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Coggins in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1990s.

1,922 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Coggins. The most, 430, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 959
Victoria 456
South Australia 166
Tasmania 148
Queensland 139
Western Australia 22
ACT (Canberra) 19

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Coggins.

Who carried it

People named Coggins,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jack Coggins
    Jack Coggins 1911–2006 · writer
  • Jyles Coggins
    Jyles Coggins 1921–2011 · politician
  • Frank Coggins
    Frank Coggins 1944–1994 · baseball player
  • Eleanoar Illeris d. 1964
  • Billy Coggins 1901–1958 · association football player
  • Billy Coggins 1901–1958 · association football player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Coggins,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States575 records

575 records of the Coggins name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 262
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 88
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 84
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 79
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 24
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 21
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 12
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record David E. Coggins

    Born 1923 in Illinois. Enlisted 1943 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri; mechanic. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary Coggins

    Arrived at New York in 1884 aboard the Bothnia from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 17; servant. From Ireland; bound for Detroit.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Larry Franklin Coggins

    Born 1945; from Troy, North Carolina. U.S. Army, infantryman; died of illness 1967 in Phu Yen, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 575 records for Coggins in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia105 records

105 records of the Coggins name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 54
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 17
  • Tasmanian Names Index 16
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 14
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Hugh Coggins

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Minerva, sailing from England in 1817. Native of Sligo.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Edgar Coggins

    Arrived in Queensland in 1914 aboard the Waipara, aged 3.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Evelyn Lucy Coggins

    Gentlewoman of Newport, Victoria; died 1987.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 105 records for Coggins in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada73 records

73 records of the Coggins name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 71
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jas Coggins

    Came to Ontario in 1874 aboard the Caspian, bound for Brantford, Ontario; English.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Frederick William Coggins

    Died 1923 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Lennie A. Coggins

    Married 1896 in Digby, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 73 records for Coggins in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

United Kingdom4 records

4 records of the Coggins name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. A. Coggins

    Gloucestershire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record T. Coggins

    Chester Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. G. Coggins

    Gloucestershire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Coggins in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Coggins name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Timothy James Coggins

    Born 1974 in Great Britain; died 1995 in Roquebrune-sur-Argens (Var).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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