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Coats - Coffin

Most Comon Surname in this Range: Cobb

This is one of many surnames that was created in England during the Middle Ages, and was first used with variations like Cobbe, Cobson and Copson. The name stems from an Old English and Old Norse word meaning "lump," but it could also come from Hebrew roots meaning "he supplanted." Use of this surname was first recorded in England in the 13th century, and the current spelling came to America through early settlers from England in the early part of the 17th century.

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