How common is the surname Kott?

1,746 people in the United States had the surname Kott in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,830 Americans. It ranked 16,462nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kott?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kott identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Kott getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,842 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,746 in 2010, down 5.2%.

The surname Kott

A surname, carried by 1,746 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kott is more common than 89.9% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,746 people named Kott in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 176,830 Americans. That is down 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,842.

#16,462

rank among US surnames

1,746

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-5.2%

change since 2000 (was #14,783)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,457	Chisum	1,747	176,729
#16,462	Cieslak	1,746	176,830
#16,470	Denker	1,745	176,932

Who is named Kott

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

95% of people named Kott identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kott

Kott has the Soundex code K300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K300.

Questions

How common is the surname Kott?: 1,746 people in the United States had the surname Kott in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,830 Americans. It ranked 16,462nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kott?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kott identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kott getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,842 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,746 in 2010, down 5.2%.