The Stotts surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,760 people carried this name — #7,030 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 62,100 people counted. That is up 8% from 4,411 in 2000.

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In print

Stotts in American newspapers,
1890–1909.

Newspaper page from Torrington Telegram carrying the name Stotts
Torrington Telegram 1909-12-16
Newspaper page from Wyoming Weekly Republican carrying the name Stotts
Wyoming Weekly Republican 1890-12-03
Newspaper page from Wyoming Weekly Republican carrying the name Stotts
Wyoming Weekly Republican 1890-12-10

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 86,519 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Stotts in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1960s.

475 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Stotts. The most, 149, date from the 1900s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 165
New South Wales 123
Queensland 74
South Australia 73
Western Australia 23
Tasmania 13
ACT (Canberra) 3
Northern Territory 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Stotts.

Who carried it

People named Stotts,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Ben Stotts d. 1947 · writer
  • Myrtle B. Rains 1875–1940

Wikidata (CC0) · 4 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Stotts,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States245 records

245 records of the Stotts name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 158
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 70
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Aaron D. Stotts

    Born 1914 in Missouri. Enlisted 1940 at Pierce City; driver from Newton County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1982, buried at Springfield National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Billy J. Stotts

    Born 1931; from Craighead County, Arkansas. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1951 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record James Stotts

    Arrived at New York in 1868 aboard the City of Boston from Liverpool, aged 32; engraver. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 245 records for Stotts in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia3 records

3 records of the Stotts name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Geo Stotts

    Arrived in Victoria in 1863 aboard the St Clair, aged 28.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 3 records for Stotts in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Stotts name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record H. Stotts

    Hour Corps. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1919.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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