Explore the Family Name Southcott

The meaning of Southcott

English: from any of several minor places in Devon called Southcote or Southcott, named with Old English sūth ‘south, southern’ + cot ‘cottage, hut, shelter’. There are also several places elsewhere in England with the same name, including Southcott in Pewsey (Wiltshire), Southcote House in Reading (Berkshire), Southcott in Linslade (Buckinghamshire), and the lost Southcote in Stone (Buckinghamshire).

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How common is the last name Southcott in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Southcott has seen a slight increase over the decade from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it ranked 81,100 and rose to 79,338th position by 2010, which marks a 2.17% change. The number of people with this surname also increased by 10.6% during the same period, from 217 in 2000 to 240 in 2010. However, the proportion of this surname per 100,000 people remained constant at 0.08.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#81,100	#79,338	2.17%
Count	217	240	10.6%
Proportion per 100k	0.08	0.08	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Southcott

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census shows that majority of the individuals with the Southcott surname identify as White, with a small increase in this group from 93.55% in 2000 to 94.58% in 2010. There was no recorded percentage for Asian/Pacific Islander and Black ethnicities in both years. The percentage of those identifying as being of two or more races or American Indian and Alaskan Native decreased to zero from 2.76% in 2000. A new emergence is seen within the Hispanic community, making up 2.08% of the Southcott surname holders in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.55%	94.58%	1.1%
Hispanic	0%	2.08%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	2.76%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	2.76%	0%	0%