Cooton Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Cooton Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Cooton Demographics
Cooton Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Cooton Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cooton Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cooton is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Cooton? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,587,209th most prevalent last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 42 percent of Cooton reside; 42 percent reside in Southern Africa and 42 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most widespread in South Africa, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 10,835,541. In South Africa Cooton is primarily found in: Western Cape, where 100 percent are found. Not including South Africa this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 33 percent are found and The United States, where 25 percent are found.
Cooton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Cooton has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name fell 56 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 25 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Cooton Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Cooton
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