Cot Surname

77,637th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,300 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Saint Barthelemy

Cot Surname Definition:

Cot: (Anglo-Saxon), a thatched cottage, with mud walls. Draycott is the dry cottage. Woodmancott explains itself. Coatham and Cotton are from the dative plural. A Cotterel in Domesday signifies a small cottage. In the North of England Cot assumes the form of Coate.

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Cot Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1,5231:43,6135,505
Cambodia1,4791:10,471977
Spain7881:59,3305,408
Saudi Arabia5571:55,3967,891
Romania3131:64,1477,715
Canada3021:122,00512,798
Argentina2841:150,50512,722
Guatemala1841:87,4062,809
United States1231:2,946,821172,836
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Mexico991:1,253,80014,809
Poland481:791,84963,527
India411:18,708,912282,725
Uruguay411:83,7018,547
United Arab Emirates391:234,93015,673
Thailand381:1,858,904228,660
Cuba381:303,2295,351
Netherlands351:482,49146,668
Germany271:2,981,684140,707
Brazil261:8,233,628183,715
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Moldova161:222,58620,292
England161:3,482,379114,324
Colombia141:3,412,43415,450
Chile121:1,468,04024,959
Indonesia121:11,020,766390,383
Italy81:7,644,586115,463
Vietnam61:15,441,0093,090
Puerto Rico41:887,5354,548
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Algeria31:12,877,18484,902
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
China21:683,660,78330,601
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Paraguay21:3,618,37313,977
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Andorra21:41,9191,654
Barbados21:143,7241,981
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Saint Barthelemy11:9,614134
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England871:280,17719,488
Wales51:313,68310,604
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States861:583,93839,464

The alternate forms: Çot (1,888), Čot (42), Coț (3) & Coţ (2) are calculated separately.

Cot (1,823) may also be a first name.

Cot Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Cot: (Anglo-Saxon), a thatched cottage, with mud walls. Draycott is the dry cottage. Woodmancott explains itself. Coatham and Cotton are from the dative plural. A Cotterel in Domesday signifies a small cottage. In the North of England Cot assumes the form of Coate. Cot as a suffix sometimes becomes “cock,” just as “apricot” becomes “apricox.”

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Cot Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Cot Come From? nationality or country of origin

Cot is held by more people in France than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Çot, Čot, Coț or Coţ. For other possible spellings of Cot click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cot? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 77,637th most commonly held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,156,753 people. Cot is predominantly found in Europe, where 44 percent of Cot live; 25 percent live in Western Europe and 24 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Cot is also the 178,740th most common first name in the world, borne by 1,823 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in France, where it is carried by 1,523 people, or 1 in 43,613. In France it is most prevalent in: Occitanie, where 53 percent live, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 11 percent live and Île-de-France, where 11 percent live. Barring France it exists in 69 countries. It is also found in Cambodia, where 23 percent live and Spain, where 13 percent live.

Cot Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Cot has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Cot last name expanded 143 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it decreased 82 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Cot Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Cot surname are 26.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 80% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Cot earn in different countries varies significantly. In Colombia they earn 0.62% more than the national average, earning $22,842,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 21.59% less than the national average, earning $33,832 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.71% more than the national average, earning $53,512 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Çot891,888/
Čot8942/
Coț893/
Coţ892/
Cote86103,985/
Chot8620,447/
Cost863,362/
Coit862,859/
Cott862,459/
Scot862,420/
Cots862,248/
Coot861,169/
Coet86920/
Coyt86892/
Ciot86888/
Cout86404/
Cotz8660/
Coth8645/
Cuot8626/
Czot8612/
Coët868/
Zcot864/
Csot864/
Coût862/
Cotd861/
Coït861/
Ccot861/
Dcot861/
Hcot861/
Codt860/
Co8056,920/
Scott75854,691/
Coste7529,545/
Coote759,829/
Cotte756,644/
Chuot755,223/
Coots754,761/
Chott752,175/
Chote751,429/
Couts751,420/
Coyte75713/
Cotts75688/
Coute75627/
Scoot75406/
Coite75389/
Cohut75254/
Ciote75249/
Chout75235/
Ckuot7599/
Cotch7591/
Choot7582/
Cootz7565/
Chhot7558/
Cioth7552/
Couth7547/
Choit7545/
Coutt7528/
Cothe7527/
Couët7519/
Cooth7518/
Coith7518/
Coust7514/
Costs7510/
Sczot7510/
Choyt757/
Coott755/
Csott755/
Cojtì755/
Choth754/
Cohtz754/
Cuote752/
Tchot752/
Ciott752/
Hcoot751/
Jscot751/
Cottz751/
Coost751/
Cocht751/
Codts751/
Coett751/
Cohte751/
Coidt751/
Dcoth751/
Dcott751/
Scodt751/
Costh751/
Czott751/
Sscot751/
Scoht751/
Ciost751/
Costì751/
Coyth751/
Ccots751/
Ciodt751/
Coijt751/
Czojt751/
Costp751/
Gcotp751/
Ccott750/
Chodt750/
Coits750/
Coitz750/
Cuots750/
Gcott750/
Kot67115,853/
Coy6749,623/
Cat6722,568/
Coutts6714,682/
Cos6714,676/
Coa6713,593/
Coz6713,274/
Coj679,141/
Sot676,602/
Chothe675,776/
Coi674,192/
Cut673,828/
Cop673,474/
Coo673,214/
Choute672,788/
Chhote672,153/
Jot671,569/
Coh671,202/
Couste671,055/
Szczot67767/
Coş67638/
Cou67360/
Coutte67332/
Zot67292/
Cuo67279/
Coutch67162/
Cko67133/
Cút67120/
Cotova67110/
Chotte67102/
Cod6791/
Ciotte6779/
Cgo6772/
Qot6759/
Cco6751/
Coytte6750/
Csotty6744/
Tchote6741/
Coohts6736/
Dcouth6735/
Choite6733/
Costte6730/
Choutt6724/
Scottt6717/
Scoott6716/
Coitte6714/
Coß6713/
Choote6711/
Kco6711/
Coiste6710/
Qco679/
Chouth678/
Chhoth678/
Žot677/
Choith676/
Sscott675/
D'Coth675/
Coothe674/
Chhout674/
Hscott674/
Coï674/
Gco674/
S'cott673/
Costch673/
Cootts672/
D'Cost672/
Cootte672/
Jscott672/
Cotsch672/
Coutss672/
Zchoot672/
Cqo672/
Cousts671/
Chhott671/
Cootss671/
Couttz671/
Scoytt671/
Tchott671/
Tchout671/
D'Cote671/
Choyte671/
Chouët671/
Costhe671/
Couthe671/
Coëtte671/
Cooste671/
Zchout671/
Chotth671/
Chooth671/
Costss671/
Hco671/
Tchotz670/
Cosstz670/
Couths670/

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