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Wikipedia entry for the surname Gotts


Wikipedia now has a page for the surname Gotts. They do not allow any Original Research, ie analysis done by ourselves, unless it is published elsewhere in an independent source which has scrutiny by others. I have also had to follow their format on content, so it is largely about the etymology of the name pre 1538. I have added the detail on the History of the Name pages.

This is the link:


Gotts Wikipedia page

Click to access their website

Guild of One-name Studies


The study is registered with the Guild of One-name Study which has c 8000 names registered which are being researched by its members.


Several sets records have been deposited there for viewing by members.

Worldwide distribution of GOTTS surnames


There is a website that shows where in the World Gottses live and lived. Data is shown for 1881 UK census, US  & Australia 1880 census,  and electoral roll information for 2014. It shows how most started in Norfolk, with 1: 48,000 people in UK were called Gotts, with a small number in America and Australia, whilst in 2014 the results are very different.  

Click here to go to the Forebears website:  Forbears    


The table of numbers of Gottses in 2014 is shown below

Country  

Incidence

Frequency

England

704

1:76,705

United States

609

1:525,895

Australia

206

1;114,399

Canada

89

1:398,062

Scotland

72

1:73,611

United States Virgin Islands

24

1:4,434

New Zealand

14

1:324,768

Russia

12

1:12,172,367

Spain

7

66,643,971

Sweden

2

1:4847,097

Gotts One-Name Study on the web

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