# Eliot (surname)

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

An English and Scottish surname, variant of Elliott.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 689 |
| US rank (2010) | 33,196 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 448,107 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.1% (704 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Elliot, Elliott, Eliott |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Eliot 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) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Eliot in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Eliot

- Charles William Eliot, American educator (1834–1926)
- Charles Eliot, British diplomat, colonial administrator and botanist (1862-1931)
- Samuel Atkins Eliot, American politician (1798–1862)
- Thomas H. Eliot, American politician (1907–1991)
- Mary Foote, American painter (1872-1968)

## Similar surnames

Elliott, Elliot, Elwood, Ewald, Ellett, Ellwood, Ewalt.

## 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.