The Lott surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 26,174 people carried this name — #1,350 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 11,300 people counted. That is up 4% from 25,118 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 84 people named Lott.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
80 people named Lott live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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
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
68 people named Lott is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
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).
In print
Lott in American newspapers,
1871–1890.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 248,753 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lott,
with a public archive behind them.
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Cornelius P. Lott 1798–1850 -
Charles Fayette Lott 1824–1918 · judge -
Abraham Lott 1722–1794
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Harry Baines Lott 1781–1833 · politician
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Harry Baines Lott 1781–1833 · politician
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John A. Lott 1806–1878 · judge
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lott.
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