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    The surnameScott

    A nickname surname, the 36th most common in the United States.

    Pronounced /skɒt/ 1 syllable Soundex S300 Also a first name

    Scott: #36 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Scott #36, 439,530 people Scott: #36 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#1,000Archer Scott #36, 439,530 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Scott is more common than 99.9% of them.

    Origin

    An English ethnic surname transferred from the nickname for someone with Scottish ancestry.

    Scott is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 439,530 people named Scott in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 702 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 420,091.

    #36
    rank among US surnames
    439,530
    people in 2010
    149
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.6%
    change since 2000 (was #36)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #27Clark562,679549
    #28Ramirez557,423554
    #29Lewis531,781581
    #30Robinson529,821583
    #31Walker523,129590
    #32Young484,447637
    #33Allen482,607640

    Who is named Scott

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

    60% of people named Scott identified as white (not Hispanic), 33% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 60%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 33%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Scotts

    152 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • George C. Scott
      American actor, film director and producer (1927–1999)
    • Coretta Scott King
      American author, activist, eta eskubide zibilen liderra; Martin Luther Kingen emaztea, 1927–2006
    • Naomi Scott
      British actress and singer (born 1993)
    • Randolph Scott
      American actor (1898–1987)
    • Seann William Scott
      American actor (born 1976)
    • Bon Scott
      Australian singer (1946–1980)
    • David Scott
      American engineer, retired U.S. Air Force officer, former test pilot, and former NASA astr, born 1932
    • Adam Scott
      American actor (born 1973)
    • Martha Scott
      American actress (1912–2003)
    • Lizabeth Scott
      American actress and singer (1921–2015)
    • Dana Scott
      American mathematician and computer scientist, born 1932
    • Stefanie Scott
      American actress and singer (born 1996)

    Notable Scotts come mostly from the United States (119), the United Kingdom (14) and Australia (10).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Scot
    • Scottie
    • Scotty

    Surnames that sound like Scott

    Scott has the Soundex code S300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S300.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Scott?
    439,530 people in the United States had the surname Scott in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 702 Americans. It ranked 36th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Scott?
    In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Scott identified as white (not Hispanic), and 33% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Scott?
    George C. Scott, American actor, film director and producer (1927–1999), followed by Coretta Scott King.