# Cottrell (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cottrell/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Old French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 16,930 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,141 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 18,237 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.9% (16,288 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Cutrell, Cotterell |

## Etymology

From Old French coterel, a diminutive of cotier (“cottager”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cottrell in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cottrell in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Cottrell

- Frederick Gardner Cottrell, American chemist (1877–1948)
- Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York since 2020

## Similar surnames

Cottrill, Catterall.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.