Cothern Surname

165,313th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,621 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Cothern Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cothern Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,6181:138,44914,447
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States961:523,11136,402

Cothern (11) may also be a first name.

Cothern Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cothern is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cothern? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 165,313th most numerous family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 2,780,445 people. Cothern occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Cothern live; 97 percent live in North America and 97 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring forename internationally, held by 11 people.

This surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 2,618 people, or 1 in 138,449. In The United States Cothern is primarily concentrated in: Georgia, where 13 percent reside, Mississippi, where 11 percent reside and Tennessee, where 10 percent reside. Besides The United States Cothern is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 0 percent reside and Costa Rica, where 0 percent reside.

Cothern Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Cothern has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Cothern last name grew 2,727 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Cothern Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Cothern last name are 14.22% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.99% being registered to vote for the political party.

Cothern earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.7% less than the national average, earning $40,257 USD per year.

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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 Cothern
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