Bott surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Bott surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,029 people carried this name — #5,748 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 49,000 people counted. That is up 2% from 5,923 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

217 people named Bott live in Switzerland.

They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Graubünden.

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Where they live today

Graubünden 99
Zurich 36
Bern 16
St. Gallen 10
Vaud 9
Basel-Landschaft 9
Thurgau 8
Aargau 7

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 172 people named Bott.

20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Moselle.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 20
Moselle 73
Haut-Rhin 19
Bas-Rhin 14
Paris 10
Vosges 8
Aisne 5
Côtes-d’Armor 5
Morbihan 3

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Poland’s population register

53 people named Bott have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 79 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in West Pomeranian.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

West Pomeranian 30
Lublin 9
Lower Silesian 8
Silesian 4
Greater Poland 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 40 people named Bott live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 18
Santa Fe 11
Tucumán 11

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Bott in American newspapers,
1906–1922.

Newspaper page from The Mirror And Farmer carrying the name Bott
The Mirror And Farmer 1906-03-29
Newspaper page from The Bottineau Courant carrying the name Bott
The Bottineau Courant 1921-05-19
Newspaper page from Rock Springs Miner carrying the name Bott
Rock Springs Miner 1922-12-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 239,495 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Bott,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Martin Bott d. 1563 · librarian
  • Doris May Bott d. 1988
  • Thomas Bott 1688–1754 · cleric
  • Thomas Bott 1688–1754 · cleric
  • John Bott 1779–1836 · cricketer
  • John Bott 1779–1836 · cricketer

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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