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 mapWhere they live today
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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
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 mapWhere they live today
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
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ott.
- Ostertag 895 · U.S. census
- Ostin 165 · U.S. census
- Ostrowski 6,980 · U.S. census
- Oswald 14,332 · U.S. census
- Otero 16,956 · U.S. census
- Othon 348 · U.S. census
- Otta 168 · U.S. census
- Ottaviani 371 · U.S. census
- Ottaviano 931 · U.S. census
- Otte 4,259 · U.S. census
- Otten 4,117 · U.S. census
- Otter 1,238 · U.S. census
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