How rare is the last name Cotter?

11,381 people in the United States have the last name Cotter, about 1 in 26,263. It ranks #3,078 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

last name

COTTER

#3,078

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,381
About
1 in 26,263
This common or more
52.9%
Who bears it

Of the 11,381 people with the last name Cotter, 91.6% reported their origin as White, 3.1% as two or more races and 3% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Cotter

2 other last names also have 11,381 people.

#3,078 Gaspar · 11,381#3,078 Sommers · 11,381

Either side of Cotter

#3,076 Vieira · 11,394#3,077 Lyman · 11,387#3,078 Gaspar · 11,381#3,078 Sommers · 11,381

Spelled almost the same

2 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Cotter, most common first.

#41,648 Cottier · 563#45,998 Cooter · 500

Also a first name

As a first name, Cotter ranks #51,177 of 53,615, with 115 people. See Cotter as a first name

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