Cootes is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Jim Cootes, Australian orchidologist
• Joe Cootes, New Zealand rugby league player
• John Cootes, Australian rugby league player and Roman Catholic priest
• Samuel Cootes (1792–1882), American merchant and lawyer

• Cootes Store, Virginia, an unincorporated community in Rockingham County, Virginia, USA
• Cootes Paradise, the largest wetland at the western end of Lake Ontario, on the west side of Hamilton Harbour
• Cootes Drive, a city street in Dundas, Ontario, Canada (now part of the city of Hamilton)
• Coote (disambiguation)

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