Northcote
loc · Latin script
Meaning: person from Northcott, the name of various places in England, literally ‘northern cottage’
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 3 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020
Northcote is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Australia.
- NZNew Zealand
- AUAustralia
- SCSeychelles
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)person from Northcott, the name of various places in England, literally ‘northern cottage’.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Northcote is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, from Northcote/Northcott in Devon, Norcott in Northchurch (Herts), or from residence at the north cottage; first attested Nicholas de Northicote 1199 AssSt
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Sir John Northcote, 1st Baronetb. 1599GBEnglish politician
- James Northcoteb. 1746GBEnglish painter (1746-1831)
- Stafford Northcoteb. 1818GBBritish politician (1818–1887)
- Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcoteb. 1846GBBritish politician (1846-1911)
- Northcote Whitridge Thomasb. 1868GBBritish government anthropologist (1868–1936)
- Sidney Northcoteb. 1884GBBritish actor and director (1884-1952)
- Cyril Northcote Parkinsonb. 1909GBBritish naval historian (1909–1993)
- Nicholas Northcoteb. 1981ITItalian cricketer
- Andrew Northcoteb. 1983ZAItalian cricketer
- James Northcoteb. 1987GBEnglish actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence
(measured from records)9 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 390 | #13,661 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 127 | #136,807 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 123 | #136,449 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 108 | #141,788 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 2 | #142,870 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Northcote mean, and where does it come from?
- person from Northcott, the name of various places in England, literally ‘northern cottage’. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- In which country does Northcote have the most bearers?
- Northcote is most frequently recorded in Australia.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Northcote”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.