Schott

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Low German ‘bolt, sluice’; also Schott + Müller or an old personal name Schotto

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ʃɑt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Schott is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 6.5K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 34K
  • CNChina≈1 in 15K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈91,000 people, est.

Sources
372 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 6.5K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Low German ‘bolt, sluice’; also Schott + Müller or an old personal name Schotto

Sources 1

  • Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Schott counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Schott is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈91,000 est.≈1 in 15K—Schott5
DE Germany#487≈12,000 est.≈1 in 6.5KlistedSchott160
US United States—9,8421 in 34K9.8KSchott372
FR France—≈3,300 est.≈1 in 20K395—7
ID Indonesia—≈1,700 est.≈1 in 159K—Schott7
IL Israel—≈490 est.≈1 in 18K—Schott9
CH Switzerland—4181 in 20K418Schott37
IE Ireland—≈290 est.≈1 in 18K—Schott4

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; the deutsche-namenkunde-gottschald-1982 register; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Schott is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Argentina, Mexico

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Schött

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Schött

  • Italian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Italy, San Marino, Canada

    Also written Schött

  • Russian surname14 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, United States

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek

    Also written Шотт, Shott, Счотт, Schött

  • Croatian surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, United States

    Also written Ščhôtt

45 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Schott is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, bulkhead, baffle

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In German, indirekter Berufsname zu mnd. schöttel/schottel 'Schüssel'; 5.328 Träger.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

  • In German, Berufsname zu mhd./mnd. schotte 'Schotte, Irländer; herumziehender Krämer/Hausierer'; auch möglich: Quarkmacher/-händler. Träger: 5328.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

  • In German, nd. "Verschluß, Schleuse". Schottinüller (doch auch

    as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

  • Existing in Randegg, Waldshut area, 1810, in the “Tabelle Radolfszell 1814” List and in the district of Under Rhine, Baden 1809.

    as a nameThe Origin of Jewish Family Names: Morphology and History

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)

16001700180019002000Gaspar Schott, b. 1608Bernhard Schott, b. 1748Heinrich Wilhelm Schott, b. 1794Wilhelm Schott, b. 1802Otto Schott, b. 1851Siegfried Schott, b. 1897Dale Schott, b. 1901Marge Schott, b. 1928Daniel Müller-Schott, b. 1976Nicole Schott, b. 1996

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Schott,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 34 sources across 20 countries.

Official registers attesting Schott
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020109.8K#3,607
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020009.6K#3,396
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020209.4K#3,685
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1951610—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1961556—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1971472—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1921471—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1931444—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1941441—
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)2024418#3,151
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1981410—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1991395—

Reference works 7

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 Schott mean, and where does it come from?
Low German ‘bolt, sluice’; also Schott + Müller or an old personal name Schotto Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
What are other forms of the name Schott?
In the etymology graph, Schot is a form of the same name in other languages.
How do you pronounce Schott?
A machine transcription gives /ʃɑt/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Schott have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 91 thousand people named Schott in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled schott.
How common is the name Schott?
In the United States, the national register counted 9,842 people named Schott in 2010, about 1 in 34 thousand residents.
How common is Schott compared with other names?
In Germany, Schott is the 487th most common surname of 765,306 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

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, “Schott” — the 487th most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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