Arscott

English

Etymology

From an unexplained first element + Old English cot (“cottage, hut, shelter”).

Proper noun

Arscott (countable and uncountable, plural Arscotts)

1. A hamlet in Pontesbury parish, Shropshire, England, south-west of Shrewsbury (OS grid ref SJ4308).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Arscott is the 44653^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 481 individuals. Arscott is most common among White (56.55%) and Black/African American (36.17%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Arscott”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 60.