How common is the surname Wolcott?

5,315 people in the United States had the surname Wolcott in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,089 Americans. It ranked 6,400th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wolcott?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Wolcott identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Wolcott?

Oliver Wolcott, American politician, Connecticut (1726-1797), followed by Marion Post Wolcott.

Where is the surname Wolcott most common?

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

Is the surname Wolcott getting more or less common?

More common. 5,307 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,315 in 2010, up 0.2%.

The surname Wolcott

An English place surname, carried by 5,315 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). Wolcott is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Wolcott 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 5,315 people named Wolcott in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 58,089 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 5,307.

#6,400

rank among US surnames

5,315

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+0.2%

change since 2000 (was #5,974)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,391	Elwell	5,326	57,969
#6,392	Schroder	5,325	57,980
#6,393	McMillin	5,323	58,002
#6,394	Golding	5,321	58,024
#6,395	Babbitt	5,320	58,035
#6,396	Cofield	5,319	58,046
#6,398	Whitmer	5,317	58,068

Who is named Wolcott

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

94% of people named Wolcott identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wolcotts

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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)

Notable Wolcotts come mostly from the United States (5) and the Kingdom of Great Britain (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wolcott

Walcott

Wolcott 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 Wolcott come from?: Habitational surname from a place in Somerset, from Old English wielle (“well, spring”) + cot (“cottage, shelter”).
How common is the surname Wolcott?: 5,315 people in the United States had the surname Wolcott in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,089 Americans. It ranked 6,400th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wolcott?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Wolcott identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Wolcott?: Oliver Wolcott, American politician, Connecticut (1726-1797), followed by Marion Post Wolcott.
Where is the surname Wolcott most common?: Wikidata records people named Wolcott in the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
What type of surname is Wolcott?: Wolcott is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Wolcott getting more or less common?: More common. 5,307 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,315 in 2010, up 0.2%.