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

The Kot surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,511 people carried this name — #18,337 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 196,100 people counted. That is up 24% from 1,223 in 2000.

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In Poland’s population register

19,205 people named Kot have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 21,714 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Silesian 2,667
Lublin 2,565
Masovian 2,528
Lesser Poland 2,301
Subcarpathian 2,178
Holy Cross 1,843
Lower Silesian 1,393
Łódź 680

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

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 182 people named Kot.

75 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Nord.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 75
Nord 16
Pas-de-Calais 10
Moselle 9
Doubs 9
Loire 8
Ardennes 6
Yvelines 6
Meuse 6

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 155 people named Kot 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 57
City of Buenos Aires 53
Jujuy 25
La Rioja 20

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

64 people named Kot live in Switzerland.

They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 12
Fribourg 10
Basel-Stadt 8
Lucerne 8
Vaud 7
St. Gallen 5
Thurgau 4
Aargau 4

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 the Nordic population registers

46 people named Kot is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 46

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

Who carried it

People named Kot,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Wincenty Kot
    Wincenty Kot 1395–1448 · archbishop
  • Stanisław Kot
    Stanisław Kot 1885–1975 · politician
  • Jan Kot d. 1454
  • Yevtykhii Kotov 1748–1825
  • Adolf Kot 1900–
  • Victor Gorodeki Kot 1901– · politician

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

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Surnames next to Kot.

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