How common is the surname Gott?

4,989 people in the United States had the surname Gott in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,885 Americans. It ranked 6,757th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Gott?

William Gott, British Army general (1897-1942), followed by J. Richard Gott.

Where is the surname Gott most common?

Wikidata records people named Gott in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United States.

Is the surname Gott getting more or less common?

More common. 4,850 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,989 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Gott

A German surname, carried by 4,989 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gott is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

Possibly from German Gott ("God").

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,989 people named Gott in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,885 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,850.

#6,757

rank among US surnames

4,989

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #6,454)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,748	Neves	4,997	61,786
#6,749	Batres	4,996	61,799
#6,750	Benge	4,995	61,811
#6,751	Tseng	4,994	61,823
#6,752	McMinn	4,993	61,836
#6,753	Kight	4,992	61,848
#6,754	Zhong	4,991	61,860

Who is named Gott

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

90% of people named Gott identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gotts

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

William Gott
British Army general (1897-1942)
J. Richard Gott
American astronomer, born 1947

Notable Gotts come mostly from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gott

Gott has the Soundex code G300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G300.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Gott come from?: Possibly from German Gott ("God").
How common is the surname Gott?: 4,989 people in the United States had the surname Gott in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,885 Americans. It ranked 6,757th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gott?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Gott identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Gott?: William Gott, British Army general (1897-1942), followed by J. Richard Gott.
Where is the surname Gott most common?: Wikidata records people named Gott in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United States.
Is the surname Gott getting more or less common?: More common. 4,850 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,989 in 2010, up 2.9%.