Last name: SCOTT
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SCOTT : This last name is indexed 2,306,795 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
SCOTT : A native of Scotland. Nennius uses both Seythoe and Scotti indifferently. Strabo considers Seythoe and Nomades synonymous terms. The original word in Ossian is Seuta, which literally signifies restless wanderer, henoe the propriety of the name Scuite or Scot.
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