The Cothran surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,005 people carried this name — #8,277 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 73,500 people counted. That is up 2% from 3,920 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Cothran surname

Perhaps a variant of Cochrane or Cawthorne.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Cothran» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Cothran in American newspapers,
1922–1925.

Newspaper page from The Courier-index carrying the name Cothran
The Courier-index 1922-03-17
Newspaper page from The Courier-index carrying the name Cothran
The Courier-index 1922-03-24
Newspaper page from The Dermott News carrying the name Cothran
The Dermott News 1925-09-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 17,569 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Cothran in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1930s.

35 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Cothran. The most, 19, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

Queensland 7
New South Wales 6
Victoria 2
South Australia 1
Western Australia 1

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

Who carried it

People named Cothran,
with a public archive behind them.

  • James S. Cothran 1830–1897 · judge
  • Wade Elephare Cothran 1837–1899
  • Thomas P. Cothran 1857–1934 · judge
  • Perrin Chiles Cothran 1885–1959 · business executive

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Cothran,
in the records of the United States.

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 States244 records

244 records of the Cothran name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 178
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 47
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 7
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Robert F. Cothran

    Born 1923 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1943 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; driver from Hamilton County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1977, buried at Chattanooga National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Robert Carlies Cothran

    Born 1947; from Mt Pleasant, Tennessee. U.S. Army, indirect fire infantryman; killed in action 1966 in South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Charles Cothran

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1932, died 1977; buried at Raleigh National Cemetery, North Carolina.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 244 records for Cothran in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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