The English surname Cotterill is a status name for a cottager, from the Old French term coterel, a diminutive of cotier meaning “cottager.” The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of William Coterel, which was dated 1130, in the "Pipe Rolls of London" The name is first recorded in the New World in 1649 when Francis Cotterill arrived in New England. Today there are approximately 400 bearers of the name Cotterill living in the United States.
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