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    The surname Cothron

    A surname, carried by 1,026 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C365

    Cothron: #24,404 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Cothron #24,404, 1,026 people Cothron: #24,404 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Cothron #24,404, 1,026 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cothron is more common than 85% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,026 people named Cothron in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 300,922 Americans. That is down 8.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,123.

    #24,404
    rank among US surnames
    1,026
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -8.6%
    change since 2000 (was #21,638)

    Who is named Cothron

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

    85% of people named Cothron identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cothron

    Cothron has the Soundex code C365, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C365.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Cothron?
    1,026 people in the United States had the surname Cothron in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,922 Americans. It ranked 24,404th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cothron?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Cothron identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Cothron getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,123 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,026 in 2010, down 8.6%.