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    The surname Cottrell

    A French surname, carried by 16,930 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C364

    Cottrell: #2,141 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Cottrell #2,141, 16,930 people Cottrell: #2,141 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cottrell #2,141, 16,930 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cottrell is more common than 98.7% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

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

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,930 people named Cottrell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,237 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,288.

    #2,141
    rank among US surnames
    16,930
    people in 2010
    5.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.9%
    change since 2000 (was #2,043)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,132Troyer16,98118,182
    #2,133Ham16,98018,183
    #2,134Prescott16,97518,188
    #2,135Shaver16,97218,191
    #2,136Hoffmann16,96618,198
    #2,137Lunsford16,96218,202
    #2,138Grayson16,94618,219

    Who is named Cottrell

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

    83% of people named Cottrell identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Cottrells

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

    Notable Cottrells come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Cutrell
    • Cotterell

    Surnames that sound like Cottrell

    Cottrell has the Soundex code C364, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C364.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Cottrell come from?
    From Old French coterel, a diminutive of cotier (“cottager”).
    How common is the surname Cottrell?
    16,930 people in the United States had the surname Cottrell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,237 Americans. It ranked 2,141st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cottrell?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Cottrell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Cottrell?
    Frederick Gardner Cottrell, American chemist (1877–1948), followed by Stephen Cottrell.
    Where is the surname Cottrell most common?
    Wikidata records people named Cottrell in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Cottrell getting more or less common?
    More common. 16,288 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,930 in 2010, up 3.9%.
    What are other spellings of Cottrell?
    Cutrell and Cotterell.