Heraldry and the Lott Surname

There is no single Lott family crest for all bearers; the honest first step is to find out which Lott line, if any, bore arms.

What Lott means

Lott is an English surname. Elsdon Smith's dictionary of American family names explains it as “dweller on tbe apportioned share of land, ie, the allotted land”.

It is a topographic name, describing where an early bearer lived. The name also appears as Lotts. Lott ranked 1,350 in the 2010 US Census, with 26,174 people answering to the name. French birth records list 205 children named Lott between 1891 and 2000. There were 7 such births in the 1890s and 25 in the 1990s.

Want more than a summary? See the Lott family name pack.