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    The surname Gotti

    An Italian surname, carried by 306 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G300

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gotti is more common than 60% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Borrowed from Italian Gotti.

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 306 people named Gotti in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 1,008,972 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 253.

    #64,891
    rank among US surnames
    306
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +20.9%
    change since 2000 (was #71,808)

    Who is named Gotti

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

    89% of people named Gotti identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.5%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Gottis

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • John Gotti
      American crime boss (1940–2002)
    • Irv Gotti
      American DJ and producer (1970–2025)
    • John A. Gotti
      American mobster, born 1964
    • Peter Gotti
      American mobster (1939–2021)
    • Victoria Gotti
      American television personality, born 1962

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gotti

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

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gotti come from?
    Borrowed from Italian Gotti.
    How common is the surname Gotti?
    306 people in the United States had the surname Gotti in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,008,972 Americans. It ranked 64,891st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gotti?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Gotti identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Gotti?
    John Gotti, American crime boss (1940–2002), followed by Irv Gotti.
    Where is the surname Gotti most common?
    Wikidata records people named Gotti in the United States.
    Is the surname Gotti getting more or less common?
    More common. 253 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 306 in 2010, up 21%.