The Scott surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 420,091 people carried this name — #36 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 642 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
216 people named Scott live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 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 175 people named Scott.
Most of them — 139 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Paris.
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 Poland’s population register
130 people named Scott have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 332 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 Lesser Poland.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 53 people named Scott 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 Antwerp.
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.
In print
Scott in American newspapers,
1906–1907.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,313,991 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Scott.
- Scognamiglio 281 · U.S. census
- Scola 1,296 · U.S. census
- Scolari 349 · U.S. census
- Scolaro 772 · U.S. census
- Scopel 284 · U.S. census
- Scordo 392 · U.S. census
- Scotti 2,098 · U.S. census
- Scotto 2,000 · U.S. census
- Scotton 706 · U.S. census
- Scozzaro 179 · U.S. census
- Scuderi 1,352 · U.S. census
- Seach 196 · U.S. census
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