Cottoms Surname

948,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 276 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Cottoms Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cottoms Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1991:664,56951,932
United States771:4,707,259244,676
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Cottoms Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cottoms is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cottoms? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 948,111th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,404,152 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 72 percent of Cottoms live; 72 percent live in Southeast Asia and 72 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

The surname is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 199 people, or 1 in 664,569. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: West Java, where 100 percent live. Other than Indonesia Cottoms is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 28 percent live.

Cottoms Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Cottoms has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 7,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Cottoms Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Cottoms surname are 31.01% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 77.78% registered to vote for the political party.

Cottoms earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4% less than the national average, earning $41,425 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cottons8645/
Cottems861/
Couttons800/
Cotons774/
Customs71149/
Coutons712/
Kettoms711/
Cothams711/
Cuttams711/
Cattons710/
Cattams710/
Cottans710/
Chattams6718/
Coustons671/
Couttans670/

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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 Cottoms
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