# Wolcott (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/wolcott/  
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 Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,315 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,400 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 58,089 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.2% (5,307 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Habitational surname from a place in Somerset, from Old English wielle (“well, spring”) + cot (“cottage, shelter”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Wolcott 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Wolcott in the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.

## People named Wolcott

- Oliver Wolcott, American politician, Connecticut (1726-1797)
- Marion Post Wolcott, American photographer (1910–1990)
- Josiah O. Wolcott, American politician and jurist (1877-1938)
- Roger Wolcott, American politician, Governor of Massachusetts (1847-1900)
- Edward O. Wolcott, American lawyer and politician (1848-1905)
- Clara Driscoll, American glass artist (1861 - 1944)

## Similar surnames

Walcott, Walston, Wahlstrom, Woolston, Wolstenholme.

## 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.