Cotta Surname
Approximately 9,366 people bear this surname
Cotta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 3,728 | 1:57,423 | 2,165 |
| United States | 1,506 | 1:240,677 | 23,013 |
| France | 811 | 1:81,902 | 11,608 |
| Italy | 802 | 1:76,255 | 13,409 |
| Argentina | 488 | 1:87,589 | 7,382 |
| Romania | 423 | 1:47,465 | 5,912 |
| Spain | 356 | 1:131,326 | 9,990 |
| Portugal | 236 | 1:44,145 | 2,563 |
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| Colombia | 202 | 1:236,505 | 5,284 |
| Germany | 159 | 1:506,324 | 43,083 |
| India | 134 | 1:5,724,369 | 136,722 |
| England | 48 | 1:1,160,793 | 54,689 |
| Mexico | 42 | 1:2,955,386 | 22,751 |
| Venezuela | 32 | 1:943,877 | 14,561 |
| Australia | 27 | 1:999,841 | 58,390 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Chile | 25 | 1:704,659 | 16,160 |
| Belgium | 14 | 1:821,189 | 66,436 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Peru | 9 | 1:3,531,569 | 31,288 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Monaco | 7 | 1:5,295 | 668 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Falkland Islands | 1 | 1:3,132 | 317 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 117 | 1:429,220 | 31,367 |
Cotta (172) may also be a first name.
Cotta Demographics
Average Cotta Salary in
United States
$44,981 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Cotta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cotta Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cotta (Arabic: كوتا) occurs most in Brazil. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Cotta.
How Common Is The Last Name Cotta? popularity and diffusion
It is the 54,336th most commonly held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 778,085 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 56 percent of Cotta reside; 48 percent reside in South America and 40 percent reside in Luso-South America. Cotta is also the 696,764th most numerous first name globally, borne by 172 people.
The last name is most frequent in Brazil, where it is held by 3,728 people, or 1 in 57,423. In Brazil it is primarily found in: Minas Gerais, where 54 percent reside, Rio de Janeiro, where 18 percent reside and São Paulo, where 10 percent reside. Besides Brazil this last name is found in 52 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 16 percent reside and France, where 9 percent reside.
Cotta Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Cotta has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Cotta surname grew 1,287 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 2,400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Cotta Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Cotta last name are 1.55% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 54.78% being registered with the party.
The amount Cotta earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 29.11% more than the national average, earning €38,771 per year; in Colombia they earn 14.36% less than the national average, earning $19,442,900 COP per year and in United States they earn 4.25% more than the national average, earning $44,981 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cotta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cotta in the Arabic language | ||
| كوتا | kwta | - |
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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 Cotta
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