Last Name COTTON

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Meaning	Local: Of Cotton. There are parishes in dioceses of Norwich and Lichfield of this name, but several places not arrived at parochial honours are so called. The dioceses of Ely and Peterborough also have each a parish styled Coton. This name affords several derivations. Local, Welsh, 'Coedton,' the woody hill; 'Coiton,' 'Cuiton,' Cornish British; 'Cwtton,' Welsh, the cottage hill. 'Cotden,' Saxon, the cot in the valley; 'Cwthen,' Welsh, the ancient cottage or dwelling.

Origin	English, Jewish, Irish, Belgian

Rank	1,006 (2000 US census)	856 (1990 US census)

Count	31,759 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

53.59%, or 17020 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
41.92%, or 13313 total occurrences, as black,
0.29%, or 92 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.77%, or 245 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.9%, or 603 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.53%, or 486 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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