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The COTTERELL surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 587 36093 0 2
United States (1880 census) 277 15157 0.001 6
Change since 1880 +310 -20936 +N/A -4
Other Countries
Australia 347 4555 0.002 21
United Kingdom 1,504 3748 0.003 33
Top States for COTTERELL by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Florida 67 22907 0.000 4
New York 53 31955 0.000 3
California 44 45274 0.000 1
Idaho 33 5259 0.003 26
New Jersey 32 28718 0.000 4
Top States for COTTERELL by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Idaho 33 5259 0.003 26
Montana 11 12086 0.001 12
Utah 19 10021 0.001 9
Wyoming 4 13881 0.001 8
Alaska 5 17030 0.001 8

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called COTTERELL live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called COTTERELL represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called COTTERELL in Florida than any other state, but you are more likely to find a COTTERELL by picking someone at random in Idaho than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of COTTERELL

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the COTTERELL surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the COTTERELL surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of COTTERELL in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 433 73.76
Black/African American 130 22.15
White (Hispanic) 9 1.53
Mixed Race 8 1.36
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the COTTERELL surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of COTTERELL in historical publications

COTTERELL. COTTRELL. In feudal times, " the cotcrellus held in absolute villenage aud had his person and goods disposed at the pleasure of the lord." Kennet's Paroch. Autiq. He was probably so called,

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to COTTERELL

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as COTTERELL.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for COTTERELL

The following words are slight variants of COTTERELL that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.