Surname Checker / Scott
How Common Is the Last Name Scott?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Scott today
486,658
Ranked #36 of 162,254 published surnames · 149 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 439,530 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
60.21%
Black
32.92%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.51%
Hispanic
2.58%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.