Cole Family History
Cole Name Meaning
English: from a Middle English pet form of Nicholas.English: from a Middle English personal name derived from the Old
English byname Cola (from col ‘(char)coal’, presumably
denoting someone of swarthy appearance), or the Old Norse cognate
Koli.Scottish and Irish: when not of English origin, this
is a reduced and altered form of McCool.In some cases,
particularly in New England, Cole is a translation of the French
surname Charbonneau.Probably an Americanized
spelling of German Kohl.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Cole Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Cole families
 1,329 - 2,655  444 - 1,328 |
 1 - 443  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Cole families
|
2,934 - 5,865 979 - 2,933 |
1 - 978 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Cole families
|
64 - 126 22 - 63 |
1 - 21 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Cole Family Origin
Cole Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Cole
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Cole Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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