# Colt (surname)

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

A surname originating as an occupation.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,385 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,498 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 222,921 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.2% (1,388 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From colt, as a nickname or occupational name for someone who looked after horses and asses. The given name may also be short for Colton. The revolver is named after American inventor Samuel Colt (1814–1862).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Colt 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) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Colt in the United States.

## People named Colt

- Samuel Colt, 19th-century American industrialist and inventor (1814–1862)
- LeBaron Bradford Colt, American politician (1846-1924)
- Alvin Colt, American costume designer (1916-2008)
- Samuel Colt, American gay pornographic actor

## Similar surnames

Collett, Collette, Colletti, Coletti, Coletta, Colato, Cloud, Collado, Claudio, Child, Clyde, Cloyd.

## 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.