The Walcott surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,346 people carried this name — #7,641 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 68,000 people counted. That is up 15% from 3,786 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Walcott surname

A habitational surname from Old English.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Walcott» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Walcott’.

An early record he cites: Roger de Walecote, Shropshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Walcot and Walcott.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 789 · public domain.

In print

Walcott in American newspapers,
1855–1862.

Newspaper page from The Southern Aegis, And Harford County Intelligencer carrying the name Walcott
The Southern Aegis, And Harford County Intelligencer 1862-09-06
Newspaper page from Lewistown Gazette carrying the name Walcott
Lewistown Gazette 1858-11-04
Newspaper page from Western Reserve Chronicle carrying the name Walcott
Western Reserve Chronicle 1855-06-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,614 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Walcott in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1980s.

4,040 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Walcott. The most, 693, date from the 1930s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Queensland, at 1.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 1,664
Queensland 1,354
Western Australia 398
Victoria 327
South Australia 155
Tasmania 109
ACT (Canberra) 20

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

Who carried it

People named Walcott,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Mary Walcott
    Mary Walcott 1675–1719
  • Harold Walcott d. 1995 · cricket umpire
  • Charlotte Mary Walcott d. 1925
  • Thomas Walcott 1625–1683
  • John Walcott 1700–1753
  • John Minchin Walcott 1700–

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Walcott,
in the records of 4 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 States495 records

495 records of the Walcott name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 178
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 111
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 94
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 57
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 36
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 19
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Charles N. Walcott

    Born 1920 in New York. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jay Governors Island; kitchen worker from New York County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1988, buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Henry T. Walcott

    Arrived at New York in 1872 aboard the Cuba from Liverpool, aged 24; merchant. From Scotland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Dekalb Walcott

    U.S. Marine Corps veteran. Born 1931, died 1994; buried at Mount Vernon Memorial, Lemont, Illinois.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 495 records for Walcott in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia137 records

137 records of the Walcott name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 72
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 40
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 13
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 6
  • Tasmanian Names Index 4
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Levinia Walcott

    Arrived in Victoria in 1854 aboard the Robert Passenger, aged 30; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Frederick L. Walcott

    Delegate of New South Wales; died 1952.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record James Farrar Walcott

    Born 1889 in Port Frederick, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 137 records for Walcott in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada24 records

24 records of the Walcott name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 22
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Joseph Walcott

    Died 1868 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Jeannette Casimir Walcott

    Died 1981; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Francis Sharpe Walcott

    Died in service in 1916.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 24 records for Walcott in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Walcott name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Michael Walcott

    Born 1950 in Trinidad (Vénézuéla); died 1996 in Montmagny (Val-d'Oise).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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