Explore the Family Name Cottage

The meaning of Cottage

1. English: from a local pronunciation of Cottis, which is probably a variant of Coates. The change in the final syllable is similar to that in Surridge for earlier Surreis. There is no evidence to support the view in some dictionaries that it derives from Middle English cotage ‘cottage’. 2. Americanized form of Croatian and Serbian Katić (see Katic).

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How common is the last name Cottage in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname 'Cottage' has seen a slight decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010. The rank of the surname 'Cottage' dropped by 0.23, moving from 89,549 in 2000 to 89,753 in 2010. Despite this decline in rank, the count of people with the surname increased by 7.29 during this period, rising from 192 in 2000 to 206 in 2010. The proportion per 100k remained stable at 0.07 over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#89,549	#89,753	-0.23%
Count	192	206	7.29%
Proportion per 100k	0.07	0.07	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Cottage

In terms of ethnicity, data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that the majority of individuals bearing the surname 'Cottage' identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, though there was a minor decrease of 0.52 in this category over the decade. The percentage of those identifying as Black decreased significantly, by 32.29, falling from 5.73 in 2000 to 3.88 in 2010. There were no recorded individuals who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year. Additionally, no individuals reported belonging to two or more races.

	2000	2010	Change
White	92.71%	92.23%	-0.52%
Black	5.73%	3.88%	-32.29%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%