The Cools surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 216 people carried this name — #86,314 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 6% from 204 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 6,512 people named Cools 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 Antwerp.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 157 people named Cools.
38 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Nord.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 82 people named Cools 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Cools,
with a public archive behind them.
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Eugène Cools 1877–1936 · composer -
Joannes Cools 1611–1677 · poet
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Auguste Cools 1849–1912 · politician
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Charles Cools 1852–1935 · politician
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Alfred Cools 1861–1932 · politician
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Emiel Cools 1865–1933 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cools.
- Contri 173 · U.S. census
- Conty 193 · U.S. census
- Convers 116 · U.S. census
- Cook 302,589 · U.S. census
- Cool 4,958 · U.S. census
- Coolen 221 · U.S. census
- Cooper 280,791 · U.S. census
- Coopman 461 · U.S. census
- Cop 264 · U.S. census
- Cope 18,410 · U.S. census
- Copp 3,469 · U.S. census
- Coppa 1,141 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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