The Coman surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,221 people carried this name — #21,413 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 243,900 people counted. That is up 4% from 1,170 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 6,332 people named Coman live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 91 people named Coman live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
71 people named Coman live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 63 people named Coman.
22 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Guadeloupe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
56 people named Coman is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Coman,
with a public archive behind them.
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Thomas Coman 1836–1909 · judge -
Katharine Coman 1857–1915 · writer -
Martha Coman 1872–1959 · journalist -
Charlotte B. Coman 1833–1925 · painter
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Ioan Coman 1867–1955
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Artur Coman 1881–1972 · botanist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Coman.
- Colonna 2,359 · U.S. census
- Colpaert 188 · U.S. census
- Colson 9,710 · U.S. census
- Colucci 4,031 · U.S. census
- Colussi 170 · U.S. census
- Coma 217 · U.S. census
- Comas 1,172 · U.S. census
- Comba 156 · U.S. census
- Combe 755 · U.S. census
- Combel 103 · U.S. census
- Combes 1,185 · U.S. census
- Combis 108 · U.S. census
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