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    The surname Cotta

    A surname, carried by 1,129 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C300

    Cotta: #22,707 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cotta #22,707, 1,129 people Cotta: #22,707 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cotta #22,707, 1,129 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cotta is more common than 86% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,129 people named Cotta in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 273,468 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 985.

    #22,707
    rank among US surnames
    1,129
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14.6%
    change since 2000 (was #23,922)

    Who is named Cotta

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

    85% of people named Cotta identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cotta

    Cotta 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 Cotta?
    1,129 people in the United States had the surname Cotta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 273,468 Americans. It ranked 22,707th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cotta?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Cotta identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Cotta getting more or less common?
    More common. 985 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,129 in 2010, up 15%.