Alcott Family History
Alcott Name Meaning
English: ostensibly a topographic name containing Middle English
cott, cote ‘cottage’ (see Coates). In fact,
however, it is generally if not always an alteration of Alcock,
in part at least for euphemistic reasons.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Alcott Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Alcott families
 26 - 49  9 - 25 |
 1 - 8  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Alcott families
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19 - 35 7 - 18 |
1 - 6 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Alcott Family Origin
Alcott Immigration Information
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Alcott Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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