Cottrell

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Cutrell

Etymology

From Old French coterel, a diminutive of cotier (“cottager”).

Proper noun

Cottrell (countable and uncountable, plural Cottrells)

1. A surname from Old French.
2. An unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cottrell is the 2141^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 16930 individuals. Cottrell is most common among White (83.38%) and Black/African American (11.5%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cottrell”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 375.