Popularity of the last name by country
New Zealand
- Otago (13,414)
- Canterbury (9,083)
- Auckland (8,755)
- Wellington (6,689)
- Manawatu Wanganui (2,835)
- Nelson (2,415)
- Waikato (1,498)
- Taranaki (984)
- West Coast (874)
- Gisborne (585)
- Marlborough (548)
- Southland (404)
- Bay of Plenty (356)
- Northland (225)
- Tasman (63)
- Hawke's Bay (5)
All countries
- United Kingdom (836,128)
- United States (484,546)
- Ireland (64,528)
- New Zealand (50,082)
- Australia (48,371)
- Canada (31,138)
- France (29,354)
- Unknown country (14,091)
- Netherlands (5,741)
- Germany (2,913)
- Italy (2,888)
- Switzerland (2,423)
- Belgium (1,980)
- India (1,667)
- Spain (1,329)
- Mexico (1,186)
- Sweden (1,059)
- South Africa (812)
- Colombia (595)
- Indonesia (565)
- Denmark (528)
- Russian Federation (519)
- Jamaica (488)
- China (445)
- Argentina (387)
- Poland (366)
- Turkey (354)
- Greece (348)
- Portugal (345)
- Egypt (328)
- Norway (327)
- Algeria (311)
- Austria (301)
- Cuba (251)
- Paraguay (226)
- Malta (211)
- Trinidad and Tobago (210)
- Hungary (189)
- Gibraltar (176)
- Peru (174)
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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