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Cottrell


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Origin Of The Surname Cottrell

Meaning Of The Surname Cottrell

One Who Laboured for their Home

Interesting Facts About Cottrell

Cottrell was originally used as a title to distinguish status. It comes from the Old English ‘cotter’ which was a name given to a person who paid for their home by labouring instead of by paying rent. The surname would have been used originally to loosely distinguish someone, before later becoming standardised and used as a hereditary surname.

Cottrell Statistics

Cottrell is the number 964 ranked surname in the United Kingdom. According to our statistics around 10,592 share the surname Cottrell in the UK.

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