How common is the surname Cabot?

1,430 people in the United States had the surname Cabot in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 215,906 Americans. It ranked 19,041st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Cabot?

In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Cabot identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Cabot?

Meg Cabot, American novelist and writer, followed by Bruce Cabot.

Where is the surname Cabot most common?

Wikidata records people named Cabot in the United States.

How do you pronounce Cabot?

Cabot is /ˈkæbət/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Cabot getting more or less common?

More common. 1,373 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,430 in 2010, up 4.2%.

The surname Cabot

A French surname, carried by 1,430 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkæbət/ 2 syllables Soundex C130

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cabot is more common than 88.3% of them.

Origin

French origin

A surname from French.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,430 people named Cabot in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 215,906 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,373.

#19,041

rank among US surnames

1,430

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+4.2%

change since 2000 (was #18,542)

Who is named Cabot

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

82% of people named Cabot identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cabots

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Meg Cabot
American novelist and writer, born 1967
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)

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Surnames that sound like Cabot

Cabot has the Soundex code C130, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C130.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Cabot come from?: Cabot is French in origin.
How common is the surname Cabot?: 1,430 people in the United States had the surname Cabot in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 215,906 Americans. It ranked 19,041st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cabot?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Cabot identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Cabot?: Meg Cabot, American novelist and writer, followed by Bruce Cabot.
Where is the surname Cabot most common?: Wikidata records people named Cabot in the United States.
How do you pronounce Cabot?: Cabot is /ˈkæbət/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Cabot getting more or less common?: More common. 1,373 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,430 in 2010, up 4.2%.