Cotteral Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Cotteral Surname Definition:

Cotter (q-v.) + the French-Latin diminutive suff. -el. Henry Coterel. — Hundred Rolls

Cotteral Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States251:14,498,357517,445
England61:9,286,343223,652
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland71:632,83819,259
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England551:443,18925,511
Wales111:142,5835,610
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1641:306,21124,200

Cotteral Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Cotter (q-v.) + the French-Latin diminutive suff. -el. Henry Coterel. — Hundred Rolls

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Cotteral Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cotteral occurs most in The United States. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cotteral? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,274,477th most common family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 72 percent of Cotteral live; 69 percent live in North America and 69 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 14,498,357. In The United States Cotteral is primarily concentrated in: California, where 44 percent live, Ohio, where 16 percent live and Florida, where 12 percent live. Other than The United States this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 17 percent live and Wales, where 6 percent live.

Cotteral Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Cotteral has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 85 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 89 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it declined 82 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 86 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Cotteral Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Cotteral surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Cotteral last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50% registered to vote for the political party.

Cotteral earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 17.94% less than the national average, earning $35,406 USD per year.

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