# Stott (surname)

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

A surname from Middle English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,693 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,215 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 46,130 people |
| Change since 2000 | +16% (5,787 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Stoate |

## Etymology

From Middle English stott (“bull”), a nickname or a metonymic occupational surname for a cattleman.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Stott 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Stott in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Stott

- Nicole Stott, American engineer and NASA astronaut
- Ken Stott, British actor
- Kevin Stott, American soccer referee
- Natasha Stott Despoja, Australian politician
- William Stott, British artist (1857-1900)

## Similar surnames

Stout, Stitt, Stoudt, Steed, Stith, Sudduth, Stead, Staudt, Suddeth, Sidoti, Sadat.

## 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.