Family name Cooten (Cooten 
) , throughout the world, is a rare cognomen. The cognomen Cooten is habitual in Suriname, where it is quite a common surname, Netherlands, where it is quite a rare surname, and New Zealand, where it is a very rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Netherlands, Suriname, and Australia. Much less frequently, Cooten is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Cooten | United Kingdom, Australia, United States, Suriname, Netherlands |
| eugene celadon van cooten Dutch surgeon and missionary, NL (b. 1820) |
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| karel van cooten Dutch radio dj, NL (b. 1956) |
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| peter jansz. van cooten Dutch architect, NL |
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| merel h van cooten researcher |
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| willy van cooten NL |
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