Last Name COTTAM

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Meaning Local: Of Cottam, little Cote-ham. Parishes in dioceses of York and Southwell; also a hamlet near Preston, whence the Lancashire Cottams. There are also parishes styled Cotham in dioceses of Southwell, and Cloucester, and Bristol.
Origin English, Irish, South african

Rank 23,087 (2000 US census) 32,207 (1990 US census)
Count 1,033 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 97.48%, or 1007 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • 0.48%, or 5 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.45%, or 15 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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