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Cotton

in Kentucky

There are 777 people with the last name "Cotton" in Kentucky.

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Ranking in Kentucky

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Cotton 677
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  1. is 673rd most common Curtsinger
  2. is 674th most common Pope
  3. is 675th most common Wesley
  4. is 676th most common Dick
  5. is 677th most common Cotton
  6. is 678th most common Duke
  7. is 679th most common Marsh
  8. is 680th most common Pace
  9. is 681st most common Washington

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Cotton

James, Robert, David, Charles, John, William, Michael, Billy, Joseph, Bruce

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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