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The Coral surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 863 people carried this name — #27,818 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 344,800 people counted. That is up 25% from 691 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 312 people named Coral 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 88
Misiones 81
Mendoza 56
City of Buenos Aires 50
Santa Fe 27
Córdoba 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 110 people named Coral.

18 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Meurthe-et-Moselle.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 18
Meurthe-et-Moselle 18
Aisne 13
Ain 10
Somme 7
Paris 6
Ardennes 6
Seine-Maritime 5
Meuse 4

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

52 people named Coral live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 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

Vaud 19
Jura 8
Fribourg 7
Geneva 7
Ticino 4
Zurich 4
Basel-Stadt 3

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.

Who carried it

People named Coral,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Joseph Coral 1904–1996
  • Rachel Coral Ziman 1912–1989 · writer
  • Héctor Coral 1926– · singer
  • Argentina Coral 1936–2023 · singer
  • Lenore Coral 1939–2005 · music librarian
  • Giampaolo Coral 1944–2011 · composer

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Coral.

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