The Cotta surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,129 people carried this name — #22,707 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 263,200 people counted. That is up 15% from 985 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 452 people named Cotta 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 413 people named Cotta.
16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Cotta,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giovanni Cotta 1480–1510 · writer -
Giovanni Cotta 1482–1510 · writer
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Catelliano Cotta 1484–1553 · jurist -
Ursula Cotta 1500–1511 · homemaker -
Lazzaro Agostino Cotta 1645–1719 · lawyer -
Johann Cotta 1500–1561 · mayor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cotta.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Cotta is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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