Names on the 1851 census
There were 143 different surnames in Coates in 1851.
- There were 5 households with each of the surnames of Carter, Lindsey and Speechly.
- There were 4 households with each of the surnames Blunt, Fletcher, Hall and Read.
- There were 3 households with each of the surnames Bedford, Butt, Clarke, Gee, Gill, Jarman, Kisby, and Plowright.
- There were 2 households with each of the surnames Ashworth, Barton, Beaton, Beharrel, Boyce, Catling, Claypole, Coulson, Dale, Dolby, Fawn, Hart, Hopper, Hughes, Redhead, Sharman and Thompson.
- There was one household of all the other surnames, although a few surnames were present as guests in a few houses on census night.