How common is the surname Cottingham?

4,206 people in the United States had the surname Cottingham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,406 Americans. It ranked 7,868th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Cottingham?

Richard Cottingham, American serial killer.

Where is the surname Cottingham most common?

Wikidata records people named Cottingham in the United States.

Is the surname Cottingham getting more or less common?

More common. 4,063 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,206 in 2010, up 3.5%.

The surname Cottingham

An English place surname, carried by 4,206 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C352

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cottingham is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

English origin

From the Old English personal name Cotta + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”).

Cottingham is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,206 people named Cottingham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 73,406 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,063.

#7,868

rank among US surnames

4,206

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #7,548)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,859	Leasure	4,210	73,336
#7,863	Moller	4,209	73,354
#7,866	Plourde	4,208	73,371
#7,868	McCourt	4,206	73,406
#7,870	Shoemake	4,205	73,423
#7,873	Crank	4,204	73,441
#7,874	Pendley	4,203	73,458

Who is named Cottingham

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

73% of people named Cottingham identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 73%
Black (not Hispanic) 21%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cottinghams

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Richard Cottingham
American serial killer, born 1946

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cottingham

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Cottingham has the Soundex code C352, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C352.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Cottingham come from?: From the Old English personal name Cotta + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”).
How common is the surname Cottingham?: 4,206 people in the United States had the surname Cottingham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,406 Americans. It ranked 7,868th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cottingham?: In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Cottingham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Cottingham?: Richard Cottingham, American serial killer.
Where is the surname Cottingham most common?: Wikidata records people named Cottingham in the United States.
What type of surname is Cottingham?: Cottingham is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Cottingham getting more or less common?: More common. 4,063 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,206 in 2010, up 3.5%.