Boot Surname

48,276th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,686 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Boot Surname Definition:

A variant of Bott.

1584. Henry Boate, or Bote, Kent: Register of the University of Oxford.

1590. John Boate, London, ibid.

Boot Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands5,0321:3,356297
England2,3161:24,0583,332
United States1,0201:355,35231,769
Australia3901:69,2208,220
Canada3321:110,98111,875
New Zealand3151:14,3762,523
India2031:3,778,647104,625
Germany1701:473,56241,271
Philippines1431:707,96071,677
South Africa801:677,22149,167
Russia761:1,896,356120,402
Brazil531:4,039,138109,837
Indonesia481:2,755,192158,430
Belgium461:249,92730,800
Wales411:75,4766,450
Mexico401:3,103,15523,265
Pakistan391:4,580,61230,982
Scotland321:167,3079,494
France321:2,075,710171,237
Thailand271:2,616,235275,741
Iran251:3,071,30192,215
Switzerland221:373,31428,226
Uganda211:1,859,01362,128
Austria151:567,69652,281
Ireland131:362,22614,761
Argentina121:3,561,951138,643
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
Aruba91:11,4971,511
China91:151,924,6187,954
Norway81:642,78647,258
Isle of Man81:10,7282,153
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Ukraine41:11,380,674331,818
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782
Belarus41:2,375,265105,497
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Azerbaijan21:4,824,56142,415
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland81:553,73317,655
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,4081:17,3122,515
Wales81:196,0527,186
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1981:253,63020,943

Boot (324) may also be a first name.

Boot Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A variant of Bott.

1584. Henry Boate, or Bote, Kent: Register of the University of Oxford.

1590. John Boate, London, ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Scot.) = Bute, q.v. (Teutonic) the Old Teutonic pers. name Bote, Bota, Boti. Boto [Middle High German bote, O.H.Ger. boto - Old English boda, messenger, herald]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) The Anglo-Saxon Bota, Bote, Botta are from Old English bót = Old Saxon bóta, 'compensation,’ ‘atonement,’ ‘remedy.’

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Perhaps a trader's sign.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

This name may be the same as Bott (in H.R. De Botte); from root of Body; or the same as the surname Booth; from booth, a house or shed built of boards; from Danish, bod, W. bwth, Irish, boith, both, Gaelic, bude.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Perhaps from Boat. The fief of Hugo Boot, however, is mentioned t. Philip Augustus, as held from Walter Tirel in the Vexin, Normandy (Mémoires de la Society des Antiquaires de la Normandie v. 184).

The Norman People (1874)

Boot Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Boot Come From? nationality or country of origin

Boot (Marathi: बोट, Russian: Боот) is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Boot? popularity and diffusion

It is the 48,276th most numerous family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 681,971 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 73 percent of Boot reside; 50 percent reside in Western Europe and 49 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Boot is also the 487,350th most frequently used first name world-wide It is held by 324 people.

It is most common in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 5,032 people, or 1 in 3,356. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: South Holland, where 32 percent are found, North Holland, where 20 percent are found and North Brabant, where 15 percent are found. Other than The Netherlands it is found in 78 countries. It is also common in England, where 22 percent are found and The United States, where 10 percent are found.

Boot Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Boot has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Boot last name rose 164 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 515 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it rose 513 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 3,200 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 163 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Boot Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Boot last name are 24.26% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 71.03% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Boot earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 18.63% more than the national average, earning R 281,916 per year; in United States they earn 6.76% more than the national average, earning $46,067 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.7% less than the national average, earning $48,838 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Booth89145,391/
Boots897,749/
Boote892,567/
Boost891,114/
Bhoot89837/
Boodt89291/
Boott8970/
Booyt894/
Bootd893/
Bootp891/
Bot8622,803/
Boo8614,695/
Boothe8015,502/
Boodts80419/
Booths8071/
Bootte8010/
Bhoote8010/
Boodth806/
Bhooth804/
Bootht802/
Bootss802/
Boottz802/
Booste801/
Boothz801/
Bootth801/
Bootch801/
Bootts800/
Both7596,419/
Bott7525,172/
Bote7523,100/
Boos7522,084/
Bost7512,891/
Boit757,339/
Bout754,813/
Buot754,056/
Booy753,272/
Booz751,993/
Bots751,875/
Boyt751,542/
Bood751,183/
Booe751,177/
Boet751,054/
Boop75929/
Bhot75752/
Bodt75492/
Voot75421/
Boht75145/
Woot75130/
Booß7589/
Bojt7583/
Bozt7558/
Bhoo7521/
Botd7511/
Boët7510/
Booa759/
Booj753/
Botp751/
Booï751/
Botć751/
Bootsch7312/
Bo67643,752/
Bothe6715,324/
Buoth676,874/
Botts676,495/
Botte676,414/
Bhote676,361/
Boite672,484/
Booij672,432/
Boute672,415/
Boyte671,474/
Bouts671,192/
Booys67904/
Bojte67795/
Boust67781/
Boïte67776/
Buote67710/
Bohte67484/
Boosh67403/
Bouth67375/
Bhoit67333/
Boste67261/
Booch67261/
Boyts67248/
Boedt67236/
Woost67201/
Bohut67188/
Boutt67174/
Botch67169/
Voots67158/
Voost67119/
Boosz67114/
Boudt67108/
Boyst67104/
Boeth6795/
Boits6782/
Vootz6781/
Buott6777/
Booss6763/
Bhoop6757/
Boist6749/
Boodh6749/
Boitt6748/
Bhooj6747/
Vooth6743/
Wooth6742/
Boett6741/
Bohtz6740/
Bouyt6737/
Bocht6735/
Bhoth6733/
Bouët6728/
Boojh6724/
Botsh6723/
Booie6723/
Boytt6723/
Boytz6720/
Woodt6715/
Bouht6714/
Botth6711/
Bhood6711/
Hbout6710/
Botås6710/
Boyth679/
Bhout679/
Boths678/
Boocz678/
Booph677/
Boith677/
Bhots676/
Boods675/
Woote675/
Bhoos674/
Boujt674/
Bosth673/
Boohs673/
Booyd672/
Bodth672/
Boothová672/
Voote672/
Bosst672/
Bosts672/
Boozz672/
Bhott672/
Boîte672/
Hboos672/
Buots671/
Bostz671/
Botss671/
Boytd671/
Boopp671/
Boosd671/
Booyh671/
Bhooa671/
Bodte671/
Booee671/
Boottová671/
Booiy671/
Boodd671/
Buotd671/
Béout671/
Bottd671/
Botës671/
Botgy671/
Bgood671/
Bothë671/
Bostt670/
Boozs670/
Boohy670/
Boydt670/
Bohdt670/
Boyht670/
Woott670/

Boot Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Boot in the Marathi language
बोटbota-
Boot in the Russian language
Боотboot-

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