How common is the surname Cottone?

2,003 people in the United States had the surname Cottone in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 154,142 Americans. It ranked 14,806th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Cottone?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Cottone identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Cottone getting more or less common?

More common. 1,972 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,003 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname Cottone

An Italian surname, carried by 2,003 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C350

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cottone is more common than 90.9% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Cottone.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,003 people named Cottone in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 154,142 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,972.

#14,806

rank among US surnames

2,003

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #14,030)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,799	Wegman	2,005	153,988
#14,803	Nazarian	2,004	154,065
#14,806	Cottone	2,003	154,142
#14,814	Platero	2,002	154,219

Who is named Cottone

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

96% of people named Cottone identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

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 Cottone

Cottone has the Soundex code C350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C350.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Cottone come from?: Borrowed from Italian Cottone.
How common is the surname Cottone?: 2,003 people in the United States had the surname Cottone in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 154,142 Americans. It ranked 14,806th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cottone?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Cottone identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Cottone getting more or less common?: More common. 1,972 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,003 in 2010, up 1.6%.