The surname Linscott
An English place surname, carried by 1,984 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex L523
Origin
English origin
Habitational surname from two minor places in Devon, from the Old English personal name Leofwine + -s- + cot (“cottage, shelter”).
Linscott is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,984 people named Linscott in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 155,618 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,952.
Who is named Linscott
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Linscott identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 95%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
- Two or more races 1.8%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Other English surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Linscott come from?
- Habitational surname from two minor places in Devon, from the Old English personal name Leofwine + -s- + cot (“cottage, shelter”).
- How common is the surname Linscott?
- 1,984 people in the United States had the surname Linscott in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 155,618 Americans. It ranked 14,920th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Linscott?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Linscott identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- What type of surname is Linscott?
- Linscott is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
- Is the surname Linscott getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,952 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,984 in 2010, up 1.6%.