Lotts Family Crest & Name History

Clerks wrote Lott in many ways, and Lotts is one that stuck. At root, the name means “Dweller on tbe apportioned share of land, ie, the allotted land”.

Lotts coat of arms

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A variant of Lott

Lotts adds a patronymic ending to Lott, marking ‘son of’ or ‘of the family of’. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

In the 2010 US Census, 1,430 Americans gave Lotts as their last name (rank 19,041). That puts it inside the top 25,000 US surnames. Research your Lotts family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.