The Cota surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,554 people carried this name — #3,120 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 25,500 people counted. That is up 23% from 9,356 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 236 people named Cota live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 95
City of Buenos Aires 92
Santa Fe 28
Córdoba 21

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

38 people named Cota live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Uri.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Uri 12
Bern 7
St. Gallen 5
Thurgau 4
Zurich 4
Fribourg 3
Vaud 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In the Nordic population registers

20 people named Cota is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 20

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Cota in American newspapers,
1907–1922.

Newspaper page from Baptist Courier carrying the name Cota
Baptist Courier 1922-08-17
Newspaper page from La Prensa carrying the name Cota
La Prensa 1922-07-23
Newspaper page from The Midland Journal carrying the name Cota
The Midland Journal 1907-05-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 68,363 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Cota in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

190 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Cota. The most, 29, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 66
Queensland 40
New South Wales 39
South Australia 23
Tasmania 13
Western Australia 4
Northern Territory 3
ACT (Canberra) 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Cota.

Who carried it

People named Cota,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Norman Cota
    Norman Cota 1893–1971 · military personnel
  • Rodrigo Cota de Maguaque 1434–1498 · writer
  • Leonardo Cota 1816–1887 · politician
  • Maria Luisa de Jesus Olivera 1818–
  • Claudia Cota 1901– · singer
  • Elizabeth Cota 1921–2020

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Cota,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States801 records

801 records of the Cota name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 498
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 184
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 64
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 24
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 18
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 8
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Ernest Keno Cota

    Born 1944; from San Diego, California. U.S. Navy, engineman; died in an accident 1968 in Binh Thuy, South Vietnam. Buried at Raleigh National Cemetery, North Carolina.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record William J. Cota

    Born 1899 in Iowa. Enlisted 1942 at Spokane, Washington; transport worker from Umatilla County, Oregon. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1984, buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Natale Cota

    Arrived at New York in 1900 aboard the Tartar Prince from Genoa, aged 22; worker. From Calatafimi, Trapani, Italy; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 801 records for Cota in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

France5 records

5 records of the Cota name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Antoinette Rosa Cota

    Born 1901 in Sète (Hérault); died 1986 in Montgiscard (Haute-Garonne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Daniel Antonio Cota

    Born 1922 in Portugal; died 1990 in Saint-Michel (Charente).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Marie Therese Cota

    Born 1913 in Algeria; died 1998 in Agde (Hérault).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Cota in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Cota name in Canada Canadian Virtual War Memorial
  1. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Douglas Edward Cota

    Died in service in 1951.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Cota name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Anneken Cota

    Baptised in 1619 in Arnemuiden.

    Open Archives, Zeeuws Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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