Family name קוטן (Cotten 
, קוטן 
) , around the globe, is quite a common last name. The cognomen קוטן is habitual in France, where it is quite a rare surname, the United States, and Australia, where it is a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in the United States, France, and Canada. Much less frequently, קוטן is the forename as well as the last name.