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Cotton

in Illinois

There are 1,310 people with the last name "Cotton" in Illinois.

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Ranking in Illinois

NameRank
Cotton 751
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  1. is 747th most common Hobbs
  2. is 748th most common Donovan
  3. is 749th most common Keith
  4. is 750th most common Morton
  5. is 751st most common Cotton
  6. is 752nd most common Galvan
  7. is 753rd most common Massey
  8. is 754th most common Bender
  9. is 755th most common Yang

Similar Names and Nicknames

Cottrell, Cotter, Cotten, Cottle, Cottingham, Cotto, Cottrill, Cottone, Cottman, Cotterman

Most Common First Names for Cotton

James, Mary, John, David, William, Michael, Robert, Charles, Willie, Debra

Meaning & History

English: habitational name from any of numerous places named from Old English cotum (dative plural of cot) ‘at the cottages or huts’ (or sometimes possibly from a Middle English plural, coten). Examples include Coton (Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Staffordshire), Cottam (East Yorkshire, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire), and Cotham (Nottinghamshire).

French: from a diminutive of Old French cot(t)e ‘coat (of mail)’ (see Cott).

FOREBEARS John Cotton (1584–1652) was a noted Puritan preacher, who landed at Boston, MA, from London in 1633 and became leader of the Congregationalists in America.

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