Stott Surname

20,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27,170 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Stott Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. ; v. Stotherd. A familiar North-English surname.

'Stot, a bullock. Scandinavian' (Skeat).

'Stot, a young ox. North' (Halliwell).

'Stotte, boveau' (Palsgrave).

The live stock at Bolton Abbey (1526) included 'xx oxen, xii wedders, ix tuppes, xxvi stotts': Whitaker's Craven.

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Stott Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11,1901:4,979689
United States8,0461:45,0485,504
Australia3,6641:7,3681,086
Canada1,2641:29,1503,826
Scotland1,0521:5,089854
New Zealand6591:6,8721,164
South Africa4641:116,76213,919
Wales2181:14,1951,564
France621:1,071,334116,831
Spain591:792,40732,853
Thailand471:1,502,944203,155
Isle of Man411:2,093405
United Arab Emirates391:234,93015,673
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Northern Ireland351:52,7154,341
Singapore261:211,83510,313
Ireland241:196,2068,013
Germany241:3,354,394150,996
Denmark231:245,42219,084
Jersey201:4,960981
Brazil171:12,592,608246,358
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Switzerland141:586,63740,624
Norway121:428,52437,411
Netherlands91:1,876,35385,467
Japan61:21,307,38248,838
Chile61:2,936,07935,997
Egypt61:15,322,62662,302
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Panama41:978,06412,245
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
Anguilla41:3,359324
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Honduras21:4,408,2217,709
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Belize11:355,4743,977
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Guam11:160,1214,893
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Tonga11:107,313791
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Samoa11:193,8081,089
Iceland11:380,09011,096
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland891:49,7744,200
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England8,6811:2,808397
Scotland6471:5,785849
Wales471:33,3711,813
Isle of Man21:27,1351,659
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,5081:33,3023,994

Stott (47) may also be a first name.

Stott Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. ; v. Stotherd. A familiar North-English surname.

'Stot, a bullock. Scandinavian' (Skeat).

'Stot, a young ox. North' (Halliwell).

'Stotte, boveau' (Palsgrave).

The live stock at Bolton Abbey (1526) included 'xx oxen, xii wedders, ix tuppes, xxvi stotts': Whitaker's Craven.

1634. Charles Stott, of the parish of Rochdale: Wills at Chester.

1649. James Stott, of Heywood, parish of Bury: ibid.

1651. Baptised — Elizabeth, d. Richard Stot: St. James, Clerkenwell.

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

STOTT: Northern English for steer and also for a heifer, was sometimes used as a nickname (Mawer, p. 191). Andrew Stott was admitted burgess of Aberdeen, 1490 (NSCM., I, p. 35). Margaret Stote in Dolphingtoune, 1675 (Lanark CR.). Alexander Stote in Maynes of Balyeordie, 1689 (RPC., 3. ser. XIV, p. 709). (2) Ewen (p. 178,342) with probability suggests that this name is a variant of 'Stout,' and that 'Stout' is of local origin from steorte 'a tongue of land.' He cites 'atte stout' in Devonshire, 1327, and 'Rog. de Stote, Northants, 1230.' compare Stute.

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(English) a nickname and sign-name from the Stot, i.e. a Horse, Bullock, etc. [Middle English and Dialectal English and Scot. stot(te, a stallion, horse, bullock, ox: cp. O.N stút-r, a bull (Swedish stut, a bullock, Dano-Norwegian stud, an ox] Thomas Stot —Lanc. Assize-Rolls, A.D. 1262-3.

And Grace gaf Piers Of his goodnesse foure stottes; Al that hise oxen eriede [ploughed], Thei to harewen [harrow] after.— Piers Plowman, 13489-92.

This Reve sat upon a ful good stot, That was al pomely [dappled] grey, and highte Scot.—Chaucer, Cant. Tales, A 615-16.

If aur nebbour’s stot or stirk break into th’ fog | aftermath] let us net [not] pinfald it.—A Bran New Wark (Westmd. Dialectal), 1785,I.476.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Bullock” in Middle English. Also “Horse” (Stot). Compare “Stute” in German, a mare.

— South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(English) Dweller at the sign of the stot (horse or ox); the fat or stout person.

— Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A northern provincialism for the ox.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A young ox.

— The Origin and Signification of Scottish Surnames (1862) by Clifford Stanley Sims (1839-1896)

From the Old Norse, Stóti; from the Dutch, Stoete; a personal name.

— British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

The Stotts were established in the parish of Rochdale in the 16th century (F.), and still occur there; but they are now mostly found in the Manchester district. Thomas Stott was elected a Manchester constable in. 1768, and John Stott was a Manchester boroughreeve in 1741 (B.). The name is also represented in Northumberland, the West Riding, and Somerset.

— Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy
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Stott Demographics

Average Male Stott Height

176.5 cm

Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 189 (2014)

Average Female Stott Height

161.93 cm

Average female height (US):
161.5 cm
Sample size: 27 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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Stott Last Name Facts

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

The surname Stott (Arabic: ستوت, Russian: Стотт) is most common in England. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Stott? popularity and diffusion

The surname Stott is the 20,123rd most prevalent surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 268,220 people. Stott occurs mostly in Europe, where 47 percent of Stott reside; 46 percent reside in Northern Europe and 46 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 1,467,136th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 47 people.

The last name Stott is most frequently held in England, where it is held by 11,190 people, or 1 in 4,979. In England it is most common in: Greater Manchester, where 22 percent live, West Yorkshire, where 11 percent live and Lancashire, where 9 percent live. Apart from England this last name occurs in 78 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 30 percent live and Australia, where 13 percent live.

Stott Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Stott has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name grew 129 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 534 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 163 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 464 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 73 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Stott Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Stott surname is primarily Anglican (53%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Stott last name are 12.87% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 59.64% registered with the political party.

The amount Stott earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 12.2% more than the national average, earning 388,317 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 63.9% more than the national average, earning R 389,496 per year; in United States they earn 6.89% more than the national average, earning $46,121 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.83% more than the national average, earning $55,562 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Stotts916,206/
Stoutt91667/
Stoett9116/
Stotte9116/
Stoott911/
Stotdt910/
Stot8931/
Stoutte832/
Shtotts832/
Stout8064,700/
Stutt80986/
Statt80745/
Stoot80441/
Stote80414/
Stodt80203/
Stots80181/
Stoit80175/
Stoth8045/
Stoet8037/
Åstot8013/
Stoyt803/
Shtot802/
Stuot802/
Stotp801/
Stost801/
Stojt801/
Sttat801/
Sttot800/
Stoht800/
Stottová772/
Sto75304/
Stoute733,638/
Stoudt733,179/
Stoots731,429/
Stutte73444/
Statts73221/
Stoutz73210/
Stoodt73161/
Shtots73118/
Stouth7342/
Stouts7336/
Stoeth7331/
Stodte7312/
Stoits738/
Stautt737/
Stotch736/
Shtout734/
Statte733/
Stoult732/
Stoote732/
Sthutt731/
Stoeht731/
Stohtz731/
Stoitz731/
Stothe731/
Stoite730/
Stouht730/
Staatt730/
Stooth730/
Stoith730/
Steutt730/
Stootz730/
Stattz730/
Stuitt730/
Stoyte730/
Stoy672,429/
Stos67815/
Shto67768/
Stoß67562/
Stoa67474/
Stoi67336/
Stoj67308/
Stut67252/
Stoś67219/
Stat67171/
Ztot67170/
Stoz67170/
Stop67164/
Szto6784/
Stou6765/
Stoh6760/
Stoo6739/
Stod6715/
Stho679/
Stoš677/
Stta676/
Shtoits674/
Jsto673/
Stgo673/
Sttoute673/
Stotova673/
Štot673/
Stto672/
Sttautt671/
Shtoyts671/
D'Stout671/
Sdto671/
Hsto671/
Stautts670/
Staatts670/
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Stott Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Stott in the Russian language
Стоттstott-
Stott in the Arabic language
ستوتstwt-

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