How common is the surname Kottke?

1,402 people in the United States had the surname Kottke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 220,218 Americans. It ranked 19,306th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kottke?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kottke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kottke?

Leo Kottke, American guitarist and singer, followed by Daniel Kottke.

Where is the surname Kottke most common?

Wikidata records people named Kottke in the United States.

Is the surname Kottke getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,411 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,402 in 2010, down 0.6%.

The surname Kottke

A surname, carried by 1,402 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kottke is more common than 88.1% of them.

Origin

From the German surname, from a diminutive of Kott, itself a variant of Koth and Kotz.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,402 people named Kottke in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 220,218 Americans. That is down 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,411.

#19,306

rank among US surnames

1,402

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-0.6%

change since 2000 (was #18,188)

Who is named Kottke

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

95% of people named Kottke identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kottkes

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Leo Kottke
American guitarist and singer, born 1945
Daniel Kottke
American computer engineer, born 1954

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kottke

Kotz

Kottke has the Soundex code K320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K320.

Questions

Where does the surname Kottke come from?: From the German surname, from a diminutive of Kott, itself a variant of Koth and Kotz.
How common is the surname Kottke?: 1,402 people in the United States had the surname Kottke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 220,218 Americans. It ranked 19,306th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kottke?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kottke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kottke?: Leo Kottke, American guitarist and singer, followed by Daniel Kottke.
Where is the surname Kottke most common?: Wikidata records people named Kottke in the United States.
Is the surname Kottke getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,411 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,402 in 2010, down 0.6%.