How common is the surname Walcott?

4,346 people in the United States had the surname Walcott in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,041 Americans. It ranked 7,641st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Walcott?

Charles Doolittle Walcott, American paleontologist and 4th Secretary of the Smithsonian (1850-1927), followed by Gregory Walcott.

Where is the surname Walcott most common?

Wikidata records people named Walcott in the United States.

Is the surname Walcott getting more or less common?

More common. 3,786 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,346 in 2010, up 15%.

The surname Walcott

An English place surname, carried by 4,346 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W423

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Walcott is more common than 95.3% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English wealh (“foreigner, Briton, Welshman”) + cot (“cottage”); compare the doublet Walcot.

Walcott is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

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 4,346 people named Walcott in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 71,041 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,786.

#7,641

rank among US surnames

4,346

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+14.8%

change since 2000 (was #8,069)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,633	Stites	4,349	70,992
#7,637	Zabala	4,348	71,009
#7,638	Grizzle	4,347	71,025
#7,641	Walcott	4,346	71,041
#7,643	Kerby	4,345	71,058
#7,644	Ito	4,344	71,074
#7,647	Carlsen	4,343	71,090

Who is named Walcott

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

49% of people named Walcott identified as Black (not Hispanic), 43% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Black (not Hispanic) 49%
White (not Hispanic) 43%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
Two or more races 3.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Walcotts

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charles Doolittle Walcott
American paleontologist and 4th Secretary of the Smithsonian (1850-1927)
Gregory Walcott
Actor (1928-2015)
Mary Vaux Walcott
American artist, photographer, botanist and naturalist (1860-1940)
Jennifer Walcott
American model, born 1977
Collin Walcott
American musician, ethnomusicologist (1945–1984)
Dorothy Walcott Weeks
American mathematician, 1893–1990
Frederic C. Walcott
American politician (1869-1949)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Walcott

Walcott has the Soundex code W423, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W423.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Walcott come from?: From Old English wealh (“foreigner, Briton, Welshman”) + cot (“cottage”); compare the doublet Walcot.
How common is the surname Walcott?: 4,346 people in the United States had the surname Walcott in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,041 Americans. It ranked 7,641st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Walcott?: In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Walcott identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 43% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Walcott?: Charles Doolittle Walcott, American paleontologist and 4th Secretary of the Smithsonian (1850-1927), followed by Gregory Walcott.
Where is the surname Walcott most common?: Wikidata records people named Walcott in the United States.
What type of surname is Walcott?: Walcott is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Walcott getting more or less common?: More common. 3,786 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,346 in 2010, up 15%.