How common is the surname Cotter?

11,904 people in the United States had the surname Cotter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,936 Americans. It ranked 3,010th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Cotter?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Cotter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Cotter?

Paul Cotter, American ice hockey player, followed by Tibby Cotter.

Where is the surname Cotter most common?

Wikidata records people named Cotter in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Cotter getting more or less common?

Less common. 11,977 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,904 in 2010, down 0.6%.

The surname Cotter

A surname, carried by 11,904 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cotter 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 11,904 people named Cotter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,936 Americans. That is down 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,977.

#3,010

rank among US surnames

11,904

people in 2010

4.0

per 100,000 Americans

-0.6%

change since 2000 (was #2,764)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,005	France	11,937	25,865
#3,007	Greenfield	11,922	25,897
#3,008	Mize	11,908	25,928
#3,010	Cotter	11,904	25,936

Who is named Cotter

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

95% of people named Cotter identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cotters

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Paul Cotter
American ice hockey player, born 1999
Tibby Cotter
Australian cricketer (1884-1917)
Eliza Taylor
Australian actress, born 1989
Audrey Meadows
American actress (1922–1996)

Notable Cotters come mostly from the United States (2) and Australia (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Cottier

Surnames that sound like Cotter

Cotter has the Soundex code C360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C360.

Questions

How common is the surname Cotter?: 11,904 people in the United States had the surname Cotter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,936 Americans. It ranked 3,010th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cotter?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Cotter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Cotter?: Paul Cotter, American ice hockey player, followed by Tibby Cotter.
Where is the surname Cotter most common?: Wikidata records people named Cotter in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname Cotter getting more or less common?: Less common. 11,977 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,904 in 2010, down 0.6%.
What are other spellings of Cotter?: Cottier.