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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name from Muscott, a minor place in Northamptonshire, or Muscoates in North Yorkshire, both named from Old English mūs ‘mouse’ + cot ‘hut’, ‘small dwelling’, ‘shelter’.

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