COX is ranked as the 51st most popular family name in the United States with an
estimated population of 390,241.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the last names are more popular.
There are 122.39 people named COX for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a last name, 99% of the time.
Based on US Census Bureau data the estimated population of people named COX is
299,686, the rank is 72
and the proportion per 100k Americans named COX is 94.07.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
COX is
84.5% White,
1.5% Hispanic origin,
11.6% Black,
0.4% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.4% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name COX have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name COX is included in the following name categories:
Not Categorized
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name COX
The state with the most people named
COX is
Texas where
41,477 people have this name.
Tennessee is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named COX, as
276.03 in every 100,000
Tennesseans
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Florida.
Tennessee is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Rhode Island
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name COX
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
13,311
103.34
100.0%
Indiana
13,973
211.82
100.0%
Iowa
3,846
123.77
99.9%
Kansas
5,120
176.29
99.9%
Michigan
8,964
90.46
100.0%
Minnesota
2,907
53.28
99.9%
Missouri
6,787
226.69
99.9%
Nebraska
1,826
97.08
99.9%
North Dakota
265
35.89
98.5%
Ohio
16,257
140.22
100.0%
South Dakota
522
61.15
99.5%
Wisconsin
2,903
50.42
99.9%
West States
State stats for the first name COX
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
908
123.23
99.7%
Arizona
7,192
106.84
100.0%
California
31,777
81.89
100.0%
Colorado
6,375
119.03
100.0%
Hawaii
566
39.87
99.4%
Idaho
2,592
158.6
99.9%
Montana
1,106
108.06
99.8%
Nevada
2,889
101.76
99.9%
New Mexico
2,955
141.68
99.8%
Oregon
5,991
150.9
100.0%
Utah
5,383
182.91
99.9%
Washington
8,400
118.95
100.0%
Wyoming
886
151.65
99.8%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name COX
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have COX as a last name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named COX.
The most popular full name is James COX.
2.25% of all the people named COX
have this given name.
There are 6278 first
names associated with this last name.