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There are approximately 13,736 people named Cotton in the UK. That makes it the 743rd most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 217 are named Cotton.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Location or Geographical Feature

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The Cotton surname in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

This name affords several derivations. Local, Welsh, Coedton, the woody hill; Coiton, Cuiton, Cor. Br.; Cwtton, Welsh, the cottage hill. Cotden, Saxon, the cot in the valley; Cwthen, Welsh, the ancient cottage or dwelling.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

COTTON. Cottun, a place in the department of Calvados in Normandy ; also several parishes in the counties of York, Chester, Staft'ord, &c. Both forms, viz. De Cottun, and De Cotton, are foimd in the H.R. The Eng. Gazetteer gives many places called Cotton. Lord Combermere's family trace unbrokenly to the days of King John, aud there is some evidence of then' having been seated at Cotton or Coton, CO. Salop, prior to the Conquest. COTTON. \Ir. Shirley, speaking of Cotton of Landwade, Baronet, says : "It appears doubtful whether this family wece denominated from Cotton, a manor in Cambridgeshire, or from a place of the same name in the parish of Stone, in Kent. There is another Cotton Hall, in Ixning, CO. Suftblk, which lays claim to the same distinction." Xoble and Gentle Men. B COUNTIES, Names of.'' The following additional surnames derived from counties have been met with : — Auglesea, Shropshire, Warwickshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Northumberland.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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