How common is the surname Westcott?

5,626 people in the United States had the surname Westcott in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,878 Americans. It ranked 6,097th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Westcott?

Helen Westcott, American actress (1928–1998), followed by Brooke Westcott.

Where is the surname Westcott most common?

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

Is the surname Westcott getting more or less common?

About as common. 5,626 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,626 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.

The surname Westcott

An English place surname, carried by 5,626 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W232

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Westcott is more common than 96.2% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Westcott 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 5,626 people named Westcott in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 54,878 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 5,626.

#6,097

rank among US surnames

5,626

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

change since 2000 (was #5,657)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,091	Worsham	5,631	54,830
#6,093	Tolson	5,630	54,839
#6,094	Brenneman	5,629	54,849
#6,097	Westcott	5,626	54,878
#6,098	Coria	5,625	54,888
#6,100	Franzen	5,621	54,927

Who is named Westcott

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

93% of people named Westcott identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Westcotts

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, 1828–1869
Ed Westcott
American photographer (1922–2019)
James Westcott
American politician (1802-1880)
Scott Westcott
Australian long distance runner, born 1975
Glenway Wescott
American poet, novelist and essayist (1901-1987)

Notable Westcotts come mostly from the United States (4), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Westacott

Surnames that sound like Westcott

Westgate

Westcott has the Soundex code W232, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W232.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Westcott come from?: From Old English west (“west”) + cot (“cottage; shelter”).
How common is the surname Westcott?: 5,626 people in the United States had the surname Westcott in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,878 Americans. It ranked 6,097th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Westcott?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Westcott identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Westcott?: Helen Westcott, American actress (1928–1998), followed by Brooke Westcott.
Where is the surname Westcott most common?: Wikidata records people named Westcott in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Australia.
What type of surname is Westcott?: Westcott is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Westcott getting more or less common?: About as common. 5,626 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,626 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.
What are other spellings of Westcott?: Westacott.