Last Name COTTINGHAM

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Meaning Local: Of Cottingham, a parish near Hull, East Riding Yorks; also a parish in county Northampton, two miles from Rockingham. George Cottingham, aged twenty years, sailed for Virginia in 1635.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 7,548 (2000 US census) 6,001 (1990 US census)
Count 4,063 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 76.96%, or 3127 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 19.03%, or 773 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.47%, or 19 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.66%, or 27 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.38%, or 56 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.5%, or 61 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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