Last Name BOTTOM

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Meaning Local: At the bottom, a depression in the land, the fall of a hillside, as in Lancashire dialect, 'bottom o'th moor,' 'bottom o'th hill.'
Local: Any low grounds; a dale or valley.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 16,349 (2000 US census) 10,121 (1990 US census)
Count 1,622 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 89.95%, or 1459 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 5.73%, or 93 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.91%, or 31 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.79%, or 29 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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