Cottrell Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 1
Buckinghamshire 7
Berkshire 187
Cambridgeshire 5
Channel Islands 5
Cheshire 366
Cornwall 17
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 17
Devon 144
Dorset 20
Durham 69
Essex 119
Gloucestershire 314
Hampshire 232
Herefordshire 45
Hertfordshire 21
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 3
Kent 49
Lancashire 507
Leicestershire 10
Lincolnshire 9
London 481
Middlesex 135
Northumberland 12
Norfolk 70
Northamptonshire 18
Nottinghamshire 28
Oxfordshire 26
Rutland 0
Shropshire 33
Suffolk 5
Somerset 137
Surrey 142
Sussex 74
Staffordshire 264
Warwickshire 265
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 95
Worcestershire 135
Yorkshire 119

Wales

Anglesey 1
Brecknockshire 2
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 4
Carmarthenshire 10
Denbighshire 6
Flintshire 1
Glamorgan 176
Merionethshire 3
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 60
Pembrokeshire 2
Radnorshire 0

Cottrell Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Cottrell family

Profession Census Frequency
School 441
General Labourer 47
Farm Labourer 39
Dressmaker 33
Farmer 28
Labourer 27
None 26
Private Means 25
At School 17
Coal Miner Hewer 17
Scholar 16
Clerk 15
Bricklayer 15
Shop Assistant 15
Gardener Domestic 14
Carpenter 12
Railway Clerk 11
Domestic Servant 11
General Servant (domestic) 11
Assisting In The Business 11
Laundress 11
No Occupation 11
Gardener (domestic) 11
Cook (domestic) 10
At Home 10

Most Frequent Forenames for Cottrell

Name Census Frequency
William Cottrell 1,254
Mary Cottrell 1,089
John Cottrell 971
Elizabeth Cottrell 740
Thomas Cottrell 728
Sarah Cottrell 692
George Cottrell 582
James Cottrell 507
Charles Cottrell 488
Henry Cottrell 400
Ann Cottrell 359
Joseph Cottrell 326
Jane Cottrell 321
Annie Cottrell 287
Eliza Cottrell 283
Ellen Cottrell 261
Alice Cottrell 252
Emma Cottrell 240
Frederick Cottrell 238
Hannah Cottrell 236
Edward Cottrell 234
Alfred Cottrell 230
Arthur Cottrell 207
Samuel Cottrell 206
Emily Cottrell 205

Cottrell Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Cottrell 100% 19,054
2 Cotterill 78% 15,596
3 Catterall 67% 12,271
4 Cotterell 89% 9,206
5 Cottrill 88% 4,466
6 Cotterall 78% 2,027
7 Cattrall 75% 1,479
8 Catterell 78% 913
9 Cattrell 88% 682
10 Catterill 67% 610
11 Cottrel 88% 483
12 Cotrell 88% 329
13 Cottrall 88% 309
14 Cattrill 75% 128
15 Cottriall 78% 119

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The surname Cottrell is the most popular version of all its varients

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