The Cotti surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 197 people carried this name — #93,125 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 8% from 183 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
257 people named Cotti live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 251 people named Cotti 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 67 people named Cotti.
16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Marne.
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 print
Cotti in American newspapers,
1905–1910.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,037 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Cotti,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alberto Cotti 1921–2015 · writer -
Alberto Cotti 1921–2015 · writer
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Francesca Cotti de Ceres 1821–1865 · aristocrat
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Francesca Cotti de Ceres 1821–1865 · aristocrat
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Francesca Cotti de Ceres 1821–1865 · aristocrat
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Pietro Cotti 1826–1912 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cotti.
- Coto 2,814 · 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
- Cottier 550 · U.S. census
- Cottini 187 · U.S. census
- Cotto 6,506 · U.S. census
- Cotton 33,374 · U.S. census
- Cottrel 125 · U.S. census
- Cotty 205 · U.S. census
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