How common is the surname Stott?

6,693 people in the United States had the surname Stott in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,130 Americans. It ranked 5,215th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Stott?

Nicole Stott, American engineer and NASA astronaut, followed by Ken Stott.

Where is the surname Stott most common?

Wikidata records people named Stott in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 1 other country.

Is the surname Stott getting more or less common?

More common. 5,787 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,693 in 2010, up 16%.

The surname Stott

An English occupational surname, carried by 6,693 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S330

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stott is more common than 96.8% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Stott is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

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 6,693 people named Stott in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,130 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,787.

#5,215

rank among US surnames

6,693

people in 2010

2.3

per 100,000 Americans

+15.7%

change since 2000 (was #5,523)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,210	Colton	6,704	46,054
#5,212	Mandel	6,703	46,061
#5,213	Ison	6,697	46,102
#5,215	Stott	6,693	46,130

Who is named Stott

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

90% of people named Stott identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Stotts

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nicole Stott
American engineer and NASA astronaut, born 1962
Ken Stott
British actor, born 1954
Kevin Stott
American soccer referee, born 1967
Natasha Stott Despoja
Australian politician, born 1969
William Stott
British artist (1857-1900)

Notable Stotts come mostly from the United States (2), the United Kingdom (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Stoate

Surnames that sound like Stott

Stott has the Soundex code S330, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S330.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Stott come from?: From Middle English stott (“bull”), a nickname or a metonymic occupational surname for a cattleman.
How common is the surname Stott?: 6,693 people in the United States had the surname Stott in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,130 Americans. It ranked 5,215th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stott?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Stott identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Stott?: Nicole Stott, American engineer and NASA astronaut, followed by Ken Stott.
Where is the surname Stott most common?: Wikidata records people named Stott in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 1 other country.
What type of surname is Stott?: Stott is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Stott getting more or less common?: More common. 5,787 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,693 in 2010, up 16%.
What are other spellings of Stott?: Stoate.