# Westcott (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/westcott/  
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 from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,626 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,097 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 54,878 people |
| Change since 2000 | 0.0% (5,626 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Westacott |

## Etymology

From Old English west (“west”) + cot (“cottage; shelter”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Westcott 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

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

## People named Westcott

- Helen Westcott, American actress (1928–1998)
- Brooke Westcott, British bishop, scholar and theologian (1825–1901)
- Anarcha Westcott, african-American slave experimented on by physician J. Marion Sims
- Ed Westcott, American photographer (1922–2019)
- James Westcott, American politician (1802-1880)
- Scott Westcott, Australian long distance runner
- Glenway Wescott, American poet, novelist and essayist (1901-1987)

## Similar surnames

Westgate, Wojtowicz.

## 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.