The Wolcott surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,315 people carried this name — #6,400 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 55,600 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (5,307).
What the name means
The meaning of the Wolcott surname
Habitational surname from a place in Somerset, from Old English wielle (“well, spring”) + cot (“cottage, shelter”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Wolcott» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In the first U.S. census, 1790
108 families named Wolcott, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.
Each family is counted by its head. About 595 people lived in those households, 5.5 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 14 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.
Families, by state
U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 269 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.
In print
Wolcott in American newspapers,
1897–1916.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 171,785 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Wolcott in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1950s.
441 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Wolcott. The most, 116, date from the 1890s. 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 South Australia, at 1.6 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Wolcott.
Who carried it
People named Wolcott,
with a public archive behind them.
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Oliver Wolcott 1726–1797 · physician -
Oliver Wolcott 1726–1797 · physician
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Laura Collins Wolcott 1731–1794 -
George Wolcott d. 1662
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Josiah Wolcott 1658–1729 · politician
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William Wolcott 1676–1749
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 Wolcott,
in the records of 2 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 States674 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 228
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 190
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 134
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 102
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 10
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 9
- Sacramento County historic burials 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Arnold WolcottBorn 1919 in New Jersey. Enlisted 1942 at Newark; construction worker from Monmouth County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Fair View Cemetery, Red Bank, New Jersey.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Frederick WolcottArrived at New York in 1891 aboard the Adriatic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 29; commercial traveller. From England; bound for New York.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) -
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record William A. WolcottU.S. Army veteran. Born 1875, died 1949; buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 674 records for Wolcott in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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).
Canada1 record
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Donald Milton WolcottBuried in 1987 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 61.
City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Wolcott.
- Wojcieszak 105 · U.S. census
- Wójcik 7,710 · U.S. census
- Wojtasik 189 · U.S. census
- Wojtczak 309 · U.S. census
- Wojtkowiak 291 · U.S. census
- Wójtowicz 2,349 · U.S. census
- Wold 5,631 · U.S. census
- Wolf 70,031 · U.S. census
- Wolfarth 274 · U.S. census
- Wolfe 83,928 · U.S. census
- Wolfer 1,390 · U.S. census
- Wolfersberger 188 · U.S. census
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