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    The surname Cota

    A surname, carried by 11,554 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C300

    Cota: #3,120 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Cota #3,120, 11,554 people Cota: #3,120 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cota #3,120, 11,554 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cota is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,554 people named Cota in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,722 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,356.

    #3,120
    rank among US surnames
    11,554
    people in 2010
    3.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +23.5%
    change since 2000 (was #3,494)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,111Quinonez11,57626,671
    #3,112Cepeda11,57226,680
    #3,113Botello11,56926,687
    #3,115Barclay11,56826,690
    #3,116Grissom11,56326,701
    #3,117Canfield11,56026,708
    #3,119Edge11,55626,717

    Who is named Cota

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    69% of people named Cota identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 29% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 69%
    • White (not Hispanic) 29%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Cotas

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ed Cota
      American basketball player, born 1976
    • Ava Michelle
      American actress (born 2002)

    Notable Cotas come mostly from Panama (1) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cota

    Cota has the Soundex code C300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C300.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Cota?
    11,554 people in the United States had the surname Cota in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,722 Americans. It ranked 3,120th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cota?
    In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Cota identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 29% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Cota?
    Ed Cota, American basketball player, followed by Ava Michelle.
    Where is the surname Cota most common?
    Wikidata records people named Cota in Panama and the United States.
    Is the surname Cota getting more or less common?
    More common. 9,356 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,554 in 2010, up 24%.