The Coto surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,814 people carried this name — #11,229 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 105,300 people counted. That is up 41% from 1,995 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 852 people named Coto 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 mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 70 people named Coto.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Morbihan.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
25 people named Coto live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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 print
Coto in American newspapers,
1912–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 42,651 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Coto,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joe Coto 1939– · politician -
Luis Coto 1830–1891 · painter
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Manuel Coto Chan 1898–1946 · politician
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Jorge Walter Coto Molina 1901– · politician
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Fernando Coto Albán 1919–1989 · judge
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Alfredo Coto 1941– · businessperson
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Coto.
- Coster 1,646 · U.S. census
- Costes 256 · U.S. census
- Costi 132 · U.S. census
- Coston 4,969 · U.S. census
- Cot 267 · U.S. census
- Cote 21,446 · U.S. census
- Coton 174 · U.S. census
- Cotta 1,129 · U.S. census
- Cotte 357 · U.S. census
- Cotten 5,719 · U.S. census
- Cottet 175 · U.S. census
- Cotti 197 · U.S. census
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