Surname Checker / Cotton
How Common Is the Last Name Cotton?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Cotton today
36,952
Ranked #1,044 of 162,254 published surnames · 11.31 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 33,374 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
51.36%
Black
42.34%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.3%
Hispanic
2.35%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.