Cutts Surname

47,874th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,792 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Samoa

Cutts Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Cuthbert,' from the nick. Cutt. These surnames are found chiefly in the district where St. Cuthbert had made his great name a household word.

'Now Cut and Bause! Breng forth the clubbes and staves.

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Cutts Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5,0811:10,9661,615
United States3,3811:107,20511,746
Australia1,0581:25,5163,470
Canada5241:70,3168,055
Samoa2431:798243
Wales1381:22,4242,380
New Zealand1291:35,1036,033
South Africa411:1,321,40772,211
Scotland401:133,8458,251
Spain211:2,226,28755,801
France191:3,495,933219,029
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Ecuador161:994,11514,535
Sudan91:4,167,7995,799
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Bermuda71:9,3261,286
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Northern Ireland51:369,00715,220
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
China21:683,660,78330,601
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland61:738,31121,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,3531:10,3591,571
Scotland81:467,90212,875
Wales51:313,68310,604
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8041:62,4616,825

Cutts (12) may also be a first name.

Cutts Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Cuthbert,' from the nick. Cutt. These surnames are found chiefly in the district where St. Cuthbert had made his great name a household word.

'Now Cut and Bause! Breng forth the clubbes and staves.': A Lytell Geste of Robin Hode.

The first instance is in Latin form:

Cutus de Lincoln, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Radulphus Cutte, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Willelmus Cutte, 1319: ibid.

Johannes Cuttesone, 1379: ibid.

William Cutt, alias Cuttes, son of Robert Cuttes, of Sheffield, 1610: Visitation of London, 1633.

1546. John Strangwayes and Gertrude Cutson: Marriage Lic. (London).

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

Cutt's (Son): v. Cutt.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Camden thinks this is a nickname of Cuthbert.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the German, Kutt, Kutter, Kuttig; from the Flemish, Couthy, Coutier; personal name Or diminutive of Cuthbert.

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

Cutts Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cutts is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cutts? popularity and diffusion

Cutts is the 47,874th most commonly used surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 675,273 people. The surname Cutts is mostly found in Europe, where 49 percent of Cutts live; 49 percent live in Northern Europe and 49 percent live in British Isles. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequent forename worldwide. It is borne by 12 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in England, where it is held by 5,081 people, or 1 in 10,966. In England Cutts is mostly concentrated in: South Yorkshire, where 20 percent live, Nottinghamshire, where 9 percent live and Greater London, where 8 percent live. Apart from England Cutts occurs in 46 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 31 percent live and Australia, where 10 percent live.

Cutts Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Cutts has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name expanded 216 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 421 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 2,760 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 500 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 83 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Cutts Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Cutts surname is chiefly Catholic (83%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Cutts surname are 18.18% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.95% being registered with the political party.

The amount Cutts earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 145.75% more than the national average, earning R 584,004 per year; in United States they earn 6.82% less than the national average, earning $40,206 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.9% more than the national average, earning $54,106 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Coutts9114,682/
Scutts91435/
Chutts911/
Cuttss911/
Hcutts910/
Cautts910/
Ciutts910/
Cuts8988/
Chuitts831/
Scoutts830/
Couts801,420/
Cotts80688/
Chuts80229/
Sutts80115/
Kutts8044/
Cauts803/
Cuzts802/
Cuttz801/
Scuts801/
Custs801/
Cuits801/
Cuths800/
Suitts73140/
Cutshe7349/
Kautts7347/
Koutts7315/
Cuytes732/
Coutss732/
Cutsch732/
Cootts732/
Scauts731/
Tsutts731/
Chuttz731/
Soutts731/
Couttz731/
Cousts731/
Cuydts730/
Coetts730/
Couths730/
Kuts6719,533/
Cutz673,775/
Cots672,248/
Chutsch6760/
Chuites6760/
Suts6758/
Zuts6730/
Juts6720/
Cucs673/
Chautse672/
Cutc672/
Cutx671/
Cautchs671/
Cuzs670/

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