Cotes is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Cotes
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

The surname Cotes is a variant of Coate. Descendant of one who occupied a cottage and tilled ten acres or less.

The form of Coates. Descendant of one who occupied a cottage and tilled ten acres or less.

Cotes is the form of Coat. Of the wood or forest.

Cotes is a variant form of Coat. See Cott - A common termination of local surnames, as in Walcott, Caldecott, Norcot, Northcote, Southcote, etc. It appears to be the Anglo-Saxon cóte. Professor Leo observes that, "if selë be the dwelling of the wealthy of landowners, cóte on the other hand indicates the abode of the poorer classe. Cote is the house of an indigent de pendent countryman, who, without any personal estate, holds a transferable tenement in fief. It was originally a house of mud, or of earth, with loam walls." The prefixed word some times indicates the owner's name, and is sometimes descriptive of the situation.

A manor in Staffordshire gave name to this family, who are "descended from Richard de Cotes, probably the son of Thomas de Cotes, living in 1167, when the Black Book of the Exchequer was compiled. About the reign of Henry VI the family removed to Woodcote in Shropshire, which has since continued their principal seat, though the more ancient manor of Cotes or 'Kotes,' on the banks of the Sow, has ever remained the property of this ancient house."

How popular is Cotes?

Cotes is common in Colombia, Dominican Republic, Spain, United States, Venezuela, Brazil, Panama, France.

Cotes is ranked 61756 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Cotess grew by 22.54 per cent to 348 since 2000 and ranked 58337 after elevating 6961 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Hispanic or Latino 47.99 35.56
White 43.97 52.82
Black 6.03 9.86
Cotes is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Colombia which signifies that it is originated from Colombia. Around 8143 people have been found who wears Cotes as their family name. Cotes is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Cotes:
1,010 Colombia5,323
Countries with hundreds of Cotes:
1,015 Dominican Republic778
8,278 Spain459
80,921 United States323
3,653 Venezuela306
31,356 Brazil246
1,824 Panama123
78,453 France113
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
34,152 Canada96
35,891 England93
21,526 Romania91
54,910 Argentina51
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
145,701 Philippines31
18,432 New Zealand27
66,405 Australia22
30,806 Mexico22
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
1,511 Aruba9
33,195 Chile7

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Mason Jno. Cotes from England aboard the Arrick from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 37 years old when he arrived in USA on March 2, 1849. William Cotes (15) Mason, 11 years old Eliza Cotes, Samuel Cotes (35) Mason, 35 years old Winfield Cotes, 28 years old William Cotes, Mechanic T. Cotes, C. Cotes, 17 years old R. Cotes, and 2 other Cotes around 42.86% of whom were mason while others worked as servant and mechanic migrated to US.

From Germany

Abram Cotes was 4 years old when he migrated to USA on July 9, 1878. He lived in Germany and took Italy from London. Barnette Cotes (11 months old), 3 years old David Cotes, 28 years old Rose Cotes, Samuel Cotes (7), are others that migrated to US.

Cotes Namesakes

  • Francis Cotes, English painter
  • George Cotes, English academic and a Catholic bishop during the English Reformation
  • Roger Cotes, English mathematician,
  • Thomas Cotes, London printer of the Jacobean and Caroline eras

Cotes Namesakes

  • Francis Cotes, English painter
  • George Cotes, English academic and a Catholic bishop during the English Reformation
  • Roger Cotes, English mathematician,
  • Thomas Cotes, London printer of the Jacobean and Caroline eras

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