Cotter Surname
Approximately 32,044 people bear this surname
Cotter Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the cotter, "one who held in absolute villenage; servile tenants, who were mere chattels of their lord, being alike in person and goods at the disposal of their superior. They are Latinized as Cotmanni and Cottariin Domesday, and elsewhere as Cotterelli (v.
Read More About This SurnameCotter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17,398 | 1:20,833 | 2,629 |
| Ireland | 4,205 | 1:1,120 | 224 |
| Australia | 3,060 | 1:8,822 | 1,312 |
| England | 2,999 | 1:18,579 | 2,658 |
| Canada | 1,342 | 1:27,456 | 3,648 |
| New Zealand | 969 | 1:4,673 | 749 |
| Switzerland | 473 | 1:17,363 | 2,853 |
| Wales | 294 | 1:10,526 | 1,175 |
| Northern Ireland | 190 | 1:9,711 | 1,550 |
| Scotland | 190 | 1:28,178 | 2,976 |
| South Africa | 103 | 1:525,997 | 42,056 |
| Portugal | 94 | 1:110,832 | 5,195 |
| Argentina | 66 | 1:647,627 | 45,225 |
| Chile | 55 | 1:320,300 | 9,085 |
| Spain | 55 | 1:850,037 | 34,138 |
| Malaysia | 52 | 1:567,197 | 27,732 |
| Saint Lucia | 50 | 1:3,576 | 527 |
| Thailand | 42 | 1:1,681,865 | 216,672 |
| France | 41 | 1:1,620,066 | 149,911 |
| India | 33 | 1:23,244,406 | 321,547 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Costa Rica | 25 | 1:191,203 | 2,498 |
| Mexico | 23 | 1:5,396,792 | 30,197 |
| Jamaica | 22 | 1:130,452 | 4,751 |
| Netherlands | 21 | 1:804,151 | 59,518 |
| Jersey | 20 | 1:4,960 | 981 |
| Brazil | 20 | 1:10,703,717 | 220,519 |
| Germany | 18 | 1:4,472,526 | 177,866 |
| Panama | 14 | 1:279,447 | 6,847 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Israel | 12 | 1:713,136 | 47,700 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Gibraltar | 10 | 1:3,395 | 741 |
| Falkland Islands | 10 | 1:313 | 59 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| Croatia | 9 | 1:469,845 | 36,710 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 1:5,034,013 | 43,431 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Hong Kong | 6 | 1:1,222,580 | 5,222 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 1:193,514 | 7,046 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2,869 | 1:1,544 | 293 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 917 | 1:26,582 | 3,644 |
| Wales | 138 | 1:11,365 | 683 |
| Scotland | 72 | 1:51,989 | 3,520 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:54,269 | 2,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,601 | 1:13,946 | 1,787 |
Cotter (156) may also be a first name.
Cotter Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the cotter, "one who held in absolute villenage; servile tenants, who were mere chattels of their lord, being alike in person and goods at the disposal of their superior. They are Latinized as Cotmanni and Cottariin Domesday, and elsewhere as Cotterelli (v. Pipe Rolls, P. R. Soc. iii. 78). Beatrix Cotewife may have been a widow, holding as tenant after the husband's decease.
William le Cotiere, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
John fil Cotman, Northumberland ibid.
Thomas fil. Cotman, Northumberland, ibid.
Richard Coteman, Oxfordshire, ibid.
John Coteman, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
Beatrix Cotewif, Huntingdonshire, ibid.
Simon le Cotere. History of Norfolk.
1663. Samuel Cottman and Elizabeth Osburne: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).
(English) Cottager [Old English cot + the agential suff. -ere]
Mac Oitir This is an old Gaelic-Irish family though their name is formed from a Norse personal name. IF 96; Map Cork; Plate VI
(English) A cottager who tilled only five or ten acres in a manor.
Scotch. A cottager. See Cotman.
(Cottier, Cotter pronounced Cotchier), contracted from MacOttarr, 'Ottar’s Son', The Scandinavian name, Ottarr, seems to be formed from Otta, 'twilight', and the ending hari, which probably means ‘sword'. In Anglo- Saxon spelling it is Ohthere. The voyages of a Norseman so named are related in King Alfred’s Anglo-Saxon version of Orosius, At Kirk Braddan there is an inscription on a cross read by Mr. Kermode as follows: Utr: Risti: Crus: þONO: Aft: Froka (‘Otter raised this cross to Froca’), Under a.d. 1098, we find in the Chronicon Manniæ, that 'A battle was fought between the Manxmen at Santwat, and those of the North obtained the victory. In this engagement were slain the Earl Other and Macmaras, leaders of the respective parties'.
'MacOttir, one of the people of Insi Gall (the Hebrides)', a.d. 1142.
Ottar was king of Dublin, a.d, 1147.
Ottarr is common in the Flateyjarbóc. Cotter is the usual form to the middle of the eighteenth century, when it was generally supplanted by Cottier, which is now almost invariably the form used. Tradition has it that two Huguenot families, called Cottier, escaped from France at the time of the massacre of St. Bartholomew, 1572, and that their descendants settled in Lezayre. The name Cottier, however, or rather MacCottier, was found here before that date, but it is possible that its origin may not be the same as that of Cotter.
Cotter Demographics
Average Cotter Salary in
United States
$47,548 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Cotter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cotter Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cotter (Arabic: كوتر) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cotter? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 17,294th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 227,423 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 55 percent of Cotter live; 54 percent live in North America and 54 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 735,679th most frequently held given name at a global level, borne by 156 people.
The last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 17,398 people, or 1 in 20,833. In The United States Cotter is most common in: New York, where 9 percent reside, Massachusetts, where 9 percent reside and Michigan, where 5 percent reside. Not including The United States it occurs in 69 countries. It is also common in Ireland, where 13 percent reside and Australia, where 10 percent reside.
Cotter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Cotter has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 483 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 147 percent between 1901 and 2014; in England it grew 327 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 213 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 264 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Cotter Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Cotter last name is chiefly Catholic (95%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Cotter last name are 5.46% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 52.23% being registered with the political party.
The amount Cotter earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 64.6% more than the national average, earning R 391,164 per year; in United States they earn 10.19% more than the national average, earning $47,548 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.53% more than the national average, earning $50,444 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cotter Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cotter in the Arabic language | ||
| كوتر | kwtr | - |
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