Coats Surname Meaning & Origin
What the Coats last name means, where the surname began and how it spread.
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Meaning and origin of the Coats last name
Meaning of the Coats last name: cottages. Coats is an English surname from cote, "cottage" or shelter, for people at the cottages, or from places called Coates. The last name is northern English beside Coates. Yorkshire poll-tax returns already list Coats beside Coates cottagers, so the Coats surname stayed easy to spot in later indexes.
Arms associated with the Coats name
Heraldry associated with the Coats surname uses a few strong colours, and each coat of arms has its own blazon.
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Coats name FAQ
What does the Coats name mean?
Cottages. Common variants include Coates, Cotes.
Where does the Coats surname come from?
It originates in England, and is also found in the United States, Canada and Australia.
Is there a Coats coat of arms?
Arms were granted to individuals rather than to everyone with a surname. Herald Lab paints a personalized Coats coat of arms in museum style, based on historic heraldry.
Sources: Reaney & Wilson, Dictionary of English Surnames; Dictionary of American Family Names (Oxford).