Popularity of the last name by country
Netherlands
- Zuid-Holland (1,087)
- Noord-Holland (900)
- Noord-Brabant (493)
- Limburg (347)
- Utrecht (152)
- Gelderland (106)
- Zeeland (82)
- Fryslân | Friesland (74)
- Overijssel (64)
- Groningen (54)
- Drenthe (4)
All countries
- United Kingdom (837,071)
- United States (484,721)
- Ireland (64,586)
- New Zealand (50,039)
- Australia (48,277)
- Canada (31,030)
- France (29,365)
- Unknown country (14,091)
- Netherlands (5,749)
- Germany (2,914)
- Italy (2,905)
- Switzerland (2,469)
- Belgium (1,881)
- India (1,661)
- Spain (1,324)
- Mexico (1,184)
- Sweden (1,054)
- South Africa (773)
- Colombia (596)
- Indonesia (564)
- Denmark (527)
- Russian Federation (519)
- Jamaica (482)
- China (445)
- Argentina (386)
- Poland (366)
- Turkey (354)
- Greece (348)
- Portugal (347)
- Norway (329)
- Egypt (328)
- Algeria (311)
- Austria (299)
- Cuba (250)
- Paraguay (226)
- Malta (212)
- Trinidad and Tobago (199)
- Hungary (189)
- Gibraltar (175)
- Brazil (173)
Origine of last name
SCOTT : 1: English Scottish and Irish (Down): habitational and ethnic name from Middle English Scot ‘man from Scotland’. There is no evidence that the surname denoted either of the earlier senses of Scot as ‘(Gaelic-speaking) Irishman’ or ‘man from Alba’ the Gaelic-speaking region of Scotland north of the river Forth. This surname is also very common among African Americans.2: English and Scottish: from the rare Middle English personal name Scot (Old English Scott possibly also Old Norse Skotr) only certainly attested in northern England.3: English: variant of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Scutt">Scutt</a>.
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