# Scotland (surname)

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

A habitational surname referring to someone from Scotland.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 936 |
| US rank (2010) | 26,143 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 329,856 people |
| Change since 2000 | +24% (756 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈskɑt.lənd/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Middle English Scotland, Scotlond, from Old English Sċotland (“Ireland", later also "Scotland”, literally “land of the Scots”), equivalent to Scot + -land. Compare West Frisian Skotlân (“Scotland”), Dutch Schotland (“Scotland”), German Schottland (“Scotland”), Danish Skotland (“Scotland”), Icelandic Skotland (“Scotland”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Scotland 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) | 27% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 63% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.5% |
| Two or more races | 3.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Scotland in the United Kingdom.

## People named Scotland

- Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal, British barrister and baroness

## Similar surnames

Sweetland, Stallings, Stillman, Steelman, Stalnaker, Stallman, Stahlman, Sotolongo, Stelling, Stalling, Stallone, Stillings.

## 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.