Coghill

English

Alternative forms

• Cohill

Etymology

Habitational surname from a place in North Yorkshire, from Old English cot (“cottage”) + Old Norse kelda (“well, spring”).

Proper noun

Coghill (plural Coghills)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Coghill is the 18883^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1447 individuals. Coghill is most common among White (87.91%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Coghill”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 351.