Family name Cole (Cole 
, كول 
, 科尔 
, among others...) , all around the world, is a widespread surname. The last name Cole is characteristic of Jamaica, where it is a common surname, British Virgin Islands, and Guernsey, where it is quite a common surname (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Much less frequently, Cole is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Cole | United Kingdom, Australia, United States, Ghana, Canada |
| كول | Iraq, Yemen, Iran |
| 科尔 | China |
| コール | Japan |
| Коул | Ukraine, Russia, Kyrgyzstan |
| קול | Israel |
| john cole (b.c.1376) of Nethway, Devon (b. 1376) |
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| robert cole English politician (b. 1401) |
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| henry cole English Roman Catholic churchman and academic (b. 1504) |
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| thomas cole English Marian exile and archdeacon of Essex (b. 1520) |
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| humfray cole English maker of mathematical instruments and engraver (b. 1530) |
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| william cole English Puritan cleric, President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford and Dean of Lincoln (b. 1530) |
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| richard cole member of the Devonshire gentry (b. 1568) |
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ralph cole English painter and patron of the arts (b. 1625) |
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william cole English physician, born 1635 (b. 1635) |
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| eunice cole American colonist (b. 1590) |
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| samuel cole Early Boston innkeeper, US (b. 1597) |
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| abdiah cole English physician (b. 1610) |
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| thomas cole English politician (b. 1622) |
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| william cole English naturalist, born 1622 (b. 1622) |
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| thomas cole English Independent minister (b. 1627) |
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