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The surname Cotterman

A surname, carried by 1,312 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C365

Cotterman: #20,274 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cotterman #20,274, 1,312 people Cotterman: #20,274 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cotterman #20,274, 1,312 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cotterman is more common than 87.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,312 people named Cotterman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 235,324 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,291.

#20,274
rank among US surnames
1,312
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+1.6%
change since 2000 (was #19,398)

Who is named Cotterman

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

95% of people named Cotterman identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
  • Two or more races 1.1%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cotterman

Cotterman 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 Cotterman?
1,312 people in the United States had the surname Cotterman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 235,324 Americans. It ranked 20,274th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cotterman?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Cotterman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Cotterman getting more or less common?
More common. 1,291 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,312 in 2010, up 1.6%.