Olcott
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Olcott is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- USUnited States
- CACanada
- GBUnited Kingdom
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
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Peter Olcottb. 1733USAmerican politician
- Simeon Olcottb. 1735USAmerican politician (1735-1815)
- Henry Steel Olcottb. 1832USU.S. Army officer; founder of Theosophy (1832-1907)
- Frederic P. Olcottb. 1841USAmerican businessman (1841-1909)
- J. Van Vechten Olcottb. 1856USAmerican politician (1856–1940)
- Chancellor Olcottb. 1858USAmerican actor and musician (1858–1932)
- Ben W. Olcottb. 1872USAmerican politician (1872-1952)
- Sidney Olcottb. 1873CACanadian filmmaker (1873–1949)
- William Tyler Olcottb. 1873USAmerican astronomer (1873-1936)
- Herman Olcottb. 1879USAmerican football player and coach (1879-1929)
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)
Attested in 11 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.2K | #21,675 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.2K | #21,926 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.2K | #21,230 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 5 | #230,412 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 3 | #154,370 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 2 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 2 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 2 | #374,359 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 2 | #368,207 |
| IT Italy | 意大利语姓名译名手册 (Xinhua Italian Name Manual) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- 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
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
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Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Olcott”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.