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 found most in Indonesia. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cottoms? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 948,111th most frequently held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 26,404,152 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 72 percent of Cottoms are found; 72 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 72 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

This last name is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 199 people, or 1 in 664,569. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: West Java, where 100 percent live. Barring Indonesia this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 28 percent live.

Cottoms Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Cottoms has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Cottoms surname expanded 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 US average, with 77.78% being registered with 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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