The Alcott Last Name

Heraldry is personal. Arms recorded for an Alcott family belonged to that family, and other bearers of the name may have no link to them.

Family name meaning

People named Alcott share an English surname with a long history. Smith's 1956 dictionary gives the meaning “dweller in the old cottage; descendant of Alcot or Algot (noble, god). d”.

Landscape names of this kind told neighbours where a family's house stood. About 1,522 people in the United States were recorded as Alcott in 2010, placing it 18,253 on the national list. That puts it inside the top 25,000 US surnames.

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