# Ott (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 25,738 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,373 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 11,996 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.0% (25,492 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ott 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ott in the United States.

## People named Ott

- Ramin Ott, American Samoan footballer (born 1986)
- Mel Ott, American baseball player (1909–1958)
- Fred Ott, American scientist and film actor (1860–1934)
- Jonathan Ott, American botanist

## Similar surnames

Otto, Otte, Ota, Oday, O'Dea, Oddo, Otey, Oda, Odeh, Ode, Oddy.

## 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.