Coe is a surname of English origin. At the time of the British Census of 1881, its frequency was highest in Northamptonshire (8.9 times the British average), followed by Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Essex, Leicestershire, Huntingdonshire, Surrey, London and Kent. Notable people with the surname include:
Ada M. Coe (1890–1983), American hispanist teacher
Alexander Paul Coe (born 1969), better known by his stage name Sasha, Welsh DJ
Alexis Coe, American presidential historian
Alistair Coe (born 1984), Australian politician
Amanda Coe (born 1965), English screenwriter and novelist
Barry Coe (1934–2019), American actor
Charles Robert "Charlie" Coe (1923–2001), American golfer
Christine Sadler Coe (1902–1983), American journalist
Cornelius Coe (born 1975), American football player
David Coe (businessman) (1954–2013), Australian businessman
David Allan Coe (born 1939), American singer and songwriter
Dawn Coe-Jones (1960–2016), Canadian golfer
Denis Coe (1929–2015), British Labour Party politician
Douglas Coe (1928–2017), director of The Fellowship Christian organization
Edwin Coe (1840–1909), American newspaper editor and politician
Ernest F. Coe (1866–1951), American landscape designer
Frank Coe (1851–1931), Old West cowboy, and for a time, gunman in the company of Billy the Kid, as a member of the Lincoln County Regulators Frank Coe (1907–1980), American Treasury official, and suspected Soviet spy who fled to China George Coe (1856–1941), Old West cowboy and for a time gunman alongside Billy the Kid during the Lincoln County War George Coe (1929–2015), American actor George Coe (Michigan politician) (1811–1869), American politician, Lt. Governor of Michigan Gideon Coe (born 1967), British radio presenter Hank Coe (1946–2021), American politician Harry Coe (1885–1977), American athlete Henry Waldo Coe (1857–1927), American frontier physician and politician Imogen Coe (born 1962), British biochemist Jack Coe (1918–1956), American tent evangelist Jimmy Coe (1921–2004), American jazz saxophonist James Wiggin Coe (1909–1943), American submariner Jo-Anne L. Coe (1933–2002), American federal official John D. Coe (1755–1824), New York politician John W. Coe (1839–1890), New York politician Jonas Coe (1805–1864), also known as Juan Coe, Uruguayan/Argentinian naval officer Jonathan Coe (born 1961), British novelist Kevin Coe (born 1947), convicted rapist from Spokane, Washington Lorne Coe (born 1949), Canadian polician Mary (Mai) Huttleston Rogers Coe (1875–1924), American heiress, wife of William Robertson Coe Matchett Herring Coe (1907–1999), American sculptor Michael D. Coe (1929–2019), American anthropologist Natalie Mai Vitetti (née Coe) (1910–1987), daughter of William Rogers Coe Nathan Coe (born 1984), Australian soccer player Nathan Coe (businessman), Australian businessman Nick Coe (born 1998), American football player Paul Coe (born c. 1949), Indigenous Australian rights activist Phil Coe (1839–1871), soldier, Old West gambler, and businessman Peter Coe (1919–2008), British athlete and coach; father of Sebastian Coe Peter Coe (director) (1929–1987), English theatre director Richard Coe (1914–1995), American theatre critic Robert Coe (colonist) (1596–1689), Puritan Robert D. Coe, American diplomat and former U.S. ambassador to Denmark Robert Douglas Coe, British ambassador Robert Glen Coe (1956–2000), American murderer Richard L. Coe (1914–1995), American theater and cinema critic Ron Coe (1933–1988), English professional cyclist Samuel Coe (1873–1955), English cricketer Sebastian Coe (born 1956), British athlete and politician Sophie Coe (1933–1994), American anthropologist, food historian, and author Sue Coe (born 1951), English artist and illustrator Terry Coe, Niuean politician and former cabinet minister Terese Coe, American writer Tony Coe (1934–2023), English jazz musician Tucker Coe, a pseudonym of American writer Donald E. Westlake Tyler Coe, Rooster Teeth personality and host of the Sportsball podcast Wallace Coe, New Zealand boxer Wesley Coe (1879–1926), American athlete William Coe (governor), American-Somoan politician and former Governor of Guam William Robertson Coe (1869–1955), American businessman William Robertson Coe II (1926–2009), American archaeologist and Mayanist academic William Rogers Coe (1901–1971), American businessman