Surname Cotton (Cotton 
, Coton , コットン 
) , all around the world, is a common cognomen. The surname Cotton is characteristic of Saint Kitts and Nevis, where it is quite a common surname, Isle of Man, and New Zealand (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in the United States, the United Kingdom, and France. Much less frequently, Cotton is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Coton, Cotton | Canada, France, Australia, United States, United Kingdom |
| コットン | Japan |
| Коттон | Russia, Ukraine |
| margery cotton Peerage person ID=211571 (b. 1335) |
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| etheldreda cotton (1453-1505) (b. 1453) |
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| sir richard cotton Member of Parliament of England, Privy councillor (b. 1490) |
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| william cotton English bishop (b. 1501) |
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| william cotton Archdeacon of Totnes (b. 1501) |
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| robert cotton politician (b. 1504) |
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| john cotton MP, died 1593 (b. 1513) |
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robert cotton English antiquarian (1571-1631), GB (b. 1571) |
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john cotton English minister, theologian, immigrant to Massachusetts (1585-1652), GB (b. 1585) |
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| john cotton MP, died 1620/21 (b. 1543) |
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sir thomas cotton, 2nd baronet English politician and heir to the Cottonian Library (b. 1594) |
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| henry cotton British bishop (b. 1545) |
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| roger cotton English draper and poet (b. 1557) |
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charles cotton English poet and angler (1630-1687), GB (b. 1630) |
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sir robert cotton, 1st baronet, of combermere English politician (b. 1635) |
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