Cottars Surname

14,316,765th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Cottars Surname Definition:

Cottars: The cottar could hold nothing of his own, nor acquire anything without the consent of his lord. The Cottrel was in no better position. Shakespeare employs the word coystril, a corruption of cottrel, as descriptive of a very poor peasant.

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Cottars Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland51:748,64318,576
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Cottars Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Cottars: The cottar could hold nothing of his own, nor acquire anything without the consent of his lord. The Cottrel was in no better position. Shakespeare employs the word coystril, a corruption of cottrel, as descriptive of a very poor peasant. Hence our Cotterels, Cottrels, Cotmans, Cottars, Coatmans, Coates. The coscet was a cottar paying a small rent for a very small piece of land. Guscot is the coscet’s cottage.

— Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould
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Cottars Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cottars is most common in Kenya. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Cottars? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 14,316,765th most frequently used last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people.

Cottars is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 46,179,900.

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Cotters8654/
Costars861/
Cothars860/
Cotairs860/
Cootters800/
Kotars7758/
Coters771/
Kotters7184/
Couters715/
Catters713/
Cooters712/
Kostars712/
Cothers711/
Kothars711/
Coutarx710/
Koetters67233/
Couthers674/
Castairs674/
Koitters671/
Sattarsh671/
Southars671/
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