Last Name SCOTT

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Meaning Local: The Scot, one who came from Scotland. This is probably the most flourishing of local surnames.
A native of Scotland. Shot, signifies a dart. The family are descended from Uchtredus Scot, 1128.
A native of Scotland. Nennius uses both 'Scythae' and 'Scotti' indifferently. Strabo considers 'Scythae' and 'Nomades' synonymous terms. The original word in Ossian is 'Scuta,' which literally signifies "restless wanderer," hence the propriety of the name 'Scuite' or Scot.
A Scottish gael.
Origin English, Scottish, Irish, Jewish, Dutch, Native American, Falkland, Creole, Austrian, Belgian

Rank 36 (2000 US census) 34 (1990 US census)
Count 420,091 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 62.6%, or 262977 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 32.26%, or 135521 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.41%, or 1722 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 1.15%, or 4831 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.9%, or 7982 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.68%, or 7058 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

Even after applying various edits and acceptance criteria to the names, there are a sizable number of unique names in the population. Over 6 million last names were identified. Many of these names were either unique (occurred once)...

How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...

Longest last names

The 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten...


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