| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 3 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 0 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 8 |
| Cornwall | 0 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 8 |
| Devon | 0 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 22 |
| Essex | 6 |
| Gloucestershire | 1 |
| Hampshire | 3 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 1 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 10 |
| Lancashire | 16 |
| Leicestershire | 19 |
| Lincolnshire | 0 |
| London | 86 |
| Middlesex | 0 |
| Northumberland | 18 |
| Norfolk | 0 |
| Northamptonshire | 0 |
| Nottinghamshire | 7 |
| Oxfordshire | 0 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 0 |
| Suffolk | 0 |
| Somerset | 0 |
| Surrey | 5 |
| Sussex | 1 |
| Staffordshire | 67 |
| Warwickshire | 216 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 30 |
| Yorkshire | 33 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 2 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 0 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 0 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| School | 54 |
| Domestic Servant | 7 |
| Private Means | 5 |
| None | 5 |
| General Servant (domestic) | 5 |
| Dressmaker | 4 |
| Shop Assistant | 4 |
| General Labourer | 4 |
| Coal Miner Hewer | 4 |
| Farm Labourer | 4 |
| Carter | 3 |
| Hairdresser | 3 |
| Jewellers Mounter | 3 |
| Press Worker | 3 |
| Scholar | 3 |
| Toolmaker | 3 |
| At School | 2 |
| Butcher | 2 |
| House Decorator | 2 |
| Nil | 2 |
| Cotton Weaver | 2 |
| Farmer | 2 |
| Builder | 2 |
| Labourer Pit Bank | 2 |
| Weaver | 2 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| William Coton | 222 |
| Mary Coton | 151 |
| John Coton | 140 |
| Elizabeth Coton | 101 |
| Sarah Coton | 99 |
| Thomas Coton | 99 |
| George Coton | 78 |
| Ann Coton | 76 |
| Charles Coton | 62 |
| James Coton | 55 |
| Annie Coton | 47 |
| Jane Coton | 45 |
| Alice Coton | 40 |
| Ellen Coton | 40 |
| Henry Coton | 39 |
| Eliza Coton | 38 |
| Frederick Coton | 35 |
| Joseph Coton | 35 |
| Florence Coton | 33 |
| Alfred Coton | 32 |
| Emma Coton | 30 |
| Hannah Coton | 30 |
| Ada Coton | 28 |
| Samuel Coton | 28 |
| Emily Coton | 26 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cotton | 83% | 53,730 |
| 2 | Acton | 60% | 13,926 |
| 3 | Caton | 80% | 11,793 |
| 4 | Coton | 100% | 2,579 |
| 5 | Cotten | 67% | 1,152 |
| 6 | Cottan | 67% | 786 |
| 7 | Coaten | 67% | 672 |
| 8 | Iceton | 67% | 422 |
| 9 | Coaton | 83% | 365 |
| 10 | Caten | 60% | 259 |
| 11 | Octon | 60% | 250 |
| 12 | Ceaton | 67% | 157 |
| 13 | Cooton | 83% | 140 |
| 14 | Ecton | 60% | 134 |
| 15 | Cottin | 67% | 120 |
| 16 | Couton | 83% | 110 |
| 17 | Cauton | 67% | 101 |
The surname Coton is the 4th most popular variant of Cotton.