Cottingham Surname

61,127th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,227 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Cottingham Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Cottingham.' (1) A parish near Hull, East Riding of Yorks; (a) a parish in Northamptonshire, two miles from Rockingham. 'George Cottingham, aged twenty years, sailed for Virginia in 1635' (v.

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Cottingham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,7811:62,6987,351
England1,6511:33,7484,459
Canada3701:99,58310,815
Australia1951:138,43914,922
New Zealand851:53,2748,505
Wales381:81,4356,830
Scotland381:140,8908,524
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
Zimbabwe71:2,205,46397,905
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
France61:11,070,454349,096
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland511:86,8605,892
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England7851:31,0514,132
Scotland131:287,9409,345
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1561:43,4425,045

Cottingham Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Cottingham.' (1) A parish near Hull, East Riding of Yorks; (a) a parish in Northamptonshire, two miles from Rockingham. 'George Cottingham, aged twenty years, sailed for Virginia in 1635' (v. Hotten's Lists of Emigrants). The surname has become well established in the States.

Robertus de Cotyngham, 1379: Poll Tax of Howdenshire.

1547. Edmund Bragge and Elizabeth Cotingham: Marriage Lic. (London).

— Roger wollowes and Christian Cottyngham: ibid.

1791. Married — Thomas Cottingham and Catherine Cox: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Cottingham = the Estate of the Cota Family [Anglo-Saxon Cotinga-hám—inga, genit. pl. of the son suff. -ing; hám, home, estate]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Parishes in cos. York and Northampton.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Possibly from one of the villages so named in England, was formerly a common name in Maughold and Braddan. It is not found after the middle of the eighteenth century. It took a variety of forms in Manx lips.

Manx Names (1890) by Arthur William Moore

A location name in Yorkshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Cottingham is the name of parishes in the counties of York and Northampton.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Cottingham Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cottingham is found most in The United States. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Cottingham? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 61,127th most prevalent surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 885,808 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 73 percent of Cottingham live; 73 percent live in North America and 73 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 5,781 people, or 1 in 62,698. In The United States Cottingham is most numerous in: Alabama, where 9 percent are found, Texas, where 8 percent are found and California, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States it occurs in 33 countries. It is also common in England, where 20 percent are found and Canada, where 4 percent are found.

Cottingham Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Cottingham has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Cottingham last name rose 500 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 210 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 292 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 96 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Cottingham Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Catholic (63%) in Ireland.

In The United States Cottingham are 13.05% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.82% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Cottingham earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 39.96% more than the national average, earning 484,368 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 119.5% more than the national average, earning R 521,616 per year; in United States they earn 3.49% less than the national average, earning $41,645 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.27% more than the national average, earning $51,806 CAD per year.

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Cottingham Reference & Research

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