Cottle Surname
Approximately 11,315 people bear this surname
Cottle Surname Definition:
'O Amos Cottle! Phoebus! What a name
To fill the speaking trump of future fame!
O Amos Cottle! for a moment think
What meagre profits spring from pen and ink.
Read More About This SurnameCottle Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6,826 | 1:53,100 | 6,379 |
| England | 1,776 | 1:31,373 | 4,185 |
| Australia | 850 | 1:31,760 | 4,227 |
| New Zealand | 593 | 1:7,636 | 1,302 |
| South Africa | 503 | 1:107,709 | 12,978 |
| Canada | 223 | 1:165,227 | 16,632 |
| Wales | 188 | 1:16,460 | 1,780 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 87 | 1:1,295 | 287 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 55 | 1:24,800 | 2,724 |
| Barbados | 53 | 1:5,424 | 601 |
| Scotland | 42 | 1:127,472 | 7,985 |
| Peru | 22 | 1:1,444,733 | 22,095 |
| Northern Ireland | 19 | 1:97,107 | 6,126 |
| Thailand | 14 | 1:5,045,596 | 363,835 |
| Isle of Man | 10 | 1:8,582 | 1,778 |
| United Arab Emirates | 7 | 1:1,308,896 | 51,006 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Norfolk Island | 3 | 1:765 | 177 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Saint Lucia | 2 | 1:89,390 | 2,918 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Montserrat | 1 | 1:4,947 | 471 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 40 | 1:110,747 | 6,785 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,383 | 1:17,625 | 2,552 |
| Wales | 86 | 1:18,237 | 1,068 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:10,376 | 1,795 |
| Isle of Man | 2 | 1:27,135 | 1,659 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,243 | 1:40,401 | 4,746 |
Cottle (13) may also be a first name.
Cottle Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Cottle,' an extra-parochial liberty in the hundred of Bradford, Wiltshire, originally Cothull.; v. Hull. Poor Cottle, the bookseller, and would be writer, was thus pilloried by Byron in his English Bards and Scotch Reviewers:
'O Amos Cottle! Phoebus! What a name
To fill the speaking trump of future fame!
O Amos Cottle! for a moment think
What meagre profits spring from pen and ink.'
Elyas Cotel, Wiltshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Roger Cotel, Oxfordshire, ibid.
Robert Cothulle, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
John de Cothulle, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.
1605. Married — George Cottle and Eliz Goodall: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1803. — William Cottel and Mary Drake: St. George, Hanover Square.
= Cottell, q.v.
Ó Coitil A small sept of the Ui Fiachra in Co.
Sligo, perpetuated in the place-name Cottlestown. It is distinct from Kettle. SIF 96
Ó Coitil A small sept of the Ui Fiachra in Co.
Sligo, perpetuated in the place-name Cottlestown. It is distinct from Kettle. SIF 96
(English) A cottager who tilled only five or ten acres in a manor.
Perhaps from the district now called Cottles in Wiltshire.
From the French, Coutelle; a personal name.
The present representatives of the name of Cottle are evidently descended from the ancient Wilts family of Cottel, which originally owned much property, especially in the parish of Atford in the 13th century (A.).
Cottle Demographics
Cottle Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Cottle Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cottle Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cottle is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Cottle.
How Common Is The Last Name Cottle? popularity and diffusion
The last name Cottle is the 45,828th most numerous surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 644,061 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Cottle live; 58 percent live in North America and 58 percent live in Anglo-North America. Cottle is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 13 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 6,826 people, or 1 in 53,100. In The United States it is primarily found in: North Carolina, where 11 percent are found, Texas, where 10 percent are found and Utah, where 9 percent are found. Outside of The United States it occurs in 45 countries. It is also found in England, where 16 percent are found and Australia, where 8 percent are found.
Cottle Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Cottle has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Cottle surname rose 549 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 128 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 219 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 97 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Cottle Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Catholic (88%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Cottle last name are 10.22% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.99% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Cottle earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 305.31% more than the national average, earning S/. 78,570 per year; in South Africa they earn 37.43% more than the national average, earning R 326,580 per year; in United States they earn 2.02% less than the national average, earning $42,277 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.65% more than the national average, earning $52,492 CAD per year.
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