The English surname Cottrill 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 1874 when Thomas Cottrill arrived in St. Clair Co. Illinois. Today there are approximately 3,600 bearers of the name Cottrill living in the United States.
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