# Cabot (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cabot/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,430 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,041 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 215,906 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.2% (1,373 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkæbət/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cabot in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 82% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 11% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 4.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cabot in the United States.

## People named Cabot

- Meg Cabot, American novelist and writer
- Bruce Cabot, actor (1904-1972)
- Susan Cabot, American actress (1927–1986)
- George Cabot, American Senator (1752-1823)
- Godfrey Lowell Cabot, American entrepreneur and philanthropist (1861–1962)

## Similar surnames

Chabot, Capote, Cepeda, Caputo, Chaput, Cavitt, Chiappetta, Cupit, Cabada, Capito, Cubit, Cuppett.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.