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

The Ott surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 25,492 people carried this name — #1,265 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 10,600 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

3,241 people named Ott live in Switzerland.

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

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 963
Aargau 458
Schwyz 295
Bern 266
Thurgau 240
St. Gallen 209
Lucerne 121
Schaffhausen 90

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 2,064 people named Ott.

69 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 66 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 69
Bas-Rhin 794
Haut-Rhin 396
Moselle 250
Meurthe-et-Moselle 81
Paris 78
Seine-Maritime 50
Vosges 26
Haute-Marne 24

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

In Poland’s population register

274 people named Ott have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 388 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 14 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Kuyavian-Pomeranian 85
West Pomeranian 39
Silesian 29
Greater Poland 26
Pomeranian 23
Lower Silesian 18
Masovian 17
Warmian-Masurian 10

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

In Belgium’s population register

At least 116 people named Ott live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in East Flanders.

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

Where they live today

East Flanders 103
Brussels-Capital 8
Flemish Brabant 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

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