Cottnell Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Wales
Highest density in:
Wales

Cottnell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cottnell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales41:773,63329,106
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Cottnell Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cottnell occurs more in Wales more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cottnell? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,193,072nd most commonly occurring family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 80 percent of Cottnell live; 80 percent live in Northern Europe and 80 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most frequently used in Wales, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 773,633. In Wales it is primarily concentrated in: Flintshire, where 100 percent live. Aside from Wales this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent live.

Cottnell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Cottnell has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Cottnell surname declined 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cattnell884/
Chotnell880/
Conell86467/
Cottnl861/
Connell8061,459/
Cognell8021/
Comnell8016/
Coniell804/
Cosnell803/
Cutnell802/
Cottnil801/
Cohnell801/
Counell801/
Catnell801/
Coonell801/
Conaell800/
Conel771,757/
Conll773/
Connellt753/
Connelll751/
Counnell751/
Qconnell751/
Connnell751/
Cconnell751/
Coonnell751/
Castnell750/
Costnill750/
Cuthnell750/
Conill71856/
Konell71839/
Connel71824/
Canell71508/
Coynel71208/
Conuel7163/
Coniel7145/
Coinel712/
Coonel712/
Cutnel712/
Conoel711/
Connll711/
Conael711/
C'Connell711/
Southnell710/
Counel710/
Cannell675,514/
Connuel6757/
Cagnell6710/
Konnell678/
Caniell678/
Conl675/
Camnell675/
Connill673/
Kosnell672/
Cognill672/
Congill672/
Connellová671/
Canelhl671/
Casnell671/
Komnell671/
Conneel670/
Conniel670/
Canuell670/
Connelt670/
Caunell670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Cottnell
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