# Chilcott (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/chilcott/  
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 Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 658 |
| US rank (2010) | 34,427 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 469,218 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.6% (635 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Chilcutt |

## Etymology

Habitational surname from a place in Somerset, from the Old English personal name Ceola + cot (“cottage”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Chilcott 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Chilcott in the United States.

## People named Chilcott

- George M. Chilcott, American politician (1828-1891)

## Similar surnames

Chilcote, Claxton, Calzada, Celestine, Calixto, Colston, Celestin, Colquitt, Calixte, Celestino, Celeste, Claggett.

## 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.