Ault Surname

41,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,463 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guyana

Ault Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the old,' a North English form: v. Ould; compare Young, Yonge. The following is curious: —

1608. 'July 7, was delivered onto Christes hospitall a child that was laid at Sir William Paddie's dore, who is named Elizabeth Aide': St.

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Ault Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States10,4321:34,7454,330
England9851:56,5676,838
Canada4161:88,5719,779
Australia2631:102,64511,557
Guyana1601:4,764839
Wales431:71,9666,223
New Zealand331:137,22216,302
Scotland271:198,29010,618
France161:4,151,420237,746
Zimbabwe111:1,403,47676,064
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
United States Virgin Islands71:15,7682,111
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Panama61:652,04310,051
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Northern Ireland31:615,01218,081
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Saint Lucia21:89,3902,918
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Barbados11:287,4482,772
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6991:34,8724,562
Wales81:196,0527,186
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,0471:24,5333,055

Ault (26) may also be a first name.

Ault Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the old,' a North English form: v. Ould; compare Young, Yonge. The following is curious: —

1608. 'July 7, was delivered onto Christes hospitall a child that was laid at Sir William Paddie's dore, who is named Elizabeth Aide': St. Mary Aldermary.

1788. Married — John Ault and Mary Williams: St. George, Hanover Square.

1805. — George Slemaker and Ann Auld: ibid.

James Ault and Sarah Poucher: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

From OE, (e)ald, old. As a personal name Ealda is found in an Old English charter of 765 A.D. Alda occurs in the Liber Vitae of Durham, and Alda cinges gefera ("the king's companion") is in record in a charter of 743 (Birch, Cartutarium Saxonicum, 171). Auld was a not uncommon name in Ayrshire from early times. John Alde was servitor of the earl of Carrick in 1284 (Bain, II, 260), and another John Alde was burgess of Perth in 1292 (Milne, p. 5). An agreement was made in 1302 between Nicholas de Haya, dominus de Eroll, and William dictus Ad filius quondam Johannis dictus Ald, burgess of Perth (SCM., II, p. 315). Robert Alde was juror on an inquest held at Berwick in 1315 (Bain, III, 461), Bartholomew Alde was a burgess of Irvine in 1477 (Irvine, 150), and an action was pursued against Johne Auld and others for the wrongous taking of the hay of the Mains of Curmanok in 1488 (ALC.,p. 115). John Aulde held a tenement in Glasgow in 1494 (REG., 469), and Robert Awld and William Auld appear in Lanark in 1501 (Lanark, p. 11). Andro Auld was a bonnet maker in Edinburgh in 1532 (EBR., p. 22), and John Auld was commissioner to Parliament for the burgh of Irvine in 1542 (APS,, II, p. 410). James Auld in Galdinoch was one of the retainers of Wchtrid McDougall of Frewche in Galloway in 1635 (RPC., 2. ser. V, p. 125), and in the same year John MacAuId in Findret was charged by John Grant of Ballindalloch with having reset the traitor James Grant and others (ibid., 2. ser. VI p. 112). Arnchibald M'Auld, a retainer of Kennedy of Cassilis, was charged in 1635 with armed convocation and riot (ibid., 2. ser. V, p. 509), John Ald was reider at Dysart, 1636 (PBK., p. 92), Andrew Auld in May, Caithness, was a follower of William Sinclair of Mey in 1670 (ibid., 3. ser. III, p. 194), and William Auld was proprietor in Rothesay in 1689. Auld is also used as one of the Anglicized forms of MacCathail, a name with which it has no connection in root or meaning. Latinized Aldius in Bute in 1507, and in Ireland it appears as Ould.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

Scot. forms of Old, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Scottish) Descendant of Ealda (Old); the elderly person.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

The Scotch form of Eld-old.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Ault Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ault Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ault occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Ault click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ault? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ault is the 41,881st most numerous surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 584,734 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 81 percent of Ault live; 79 percent live in North America and 79 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,084,397th most widely held forename throughout the world, held by 26 people.

Ault is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 10,432 people, or 1 in 34,745. In The United States Ault is primarily concentrated in: Ohio, where 13 percent are found, Indiana, where 8 percent are found and Pennsylvania, where 6 percent are found. Beside The United States Ault is found in 44 countries. It is also common in England, where 8 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.

Ault Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Ault has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Ault last name increased 510 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 141 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 538 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Ault Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Ault are 18.36% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 65.13% registered with the political party.

The amount Ault earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 449.95% more than the national average, earning R 1,306,880 per year; in United States they earn 0.01% more than the national average, earning $43,154 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.06% less than the national average, earning $49,652 CAD per year.

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Halth6731/
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Althe6727/
Haiut6719/
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Ulths6716/
Galtt6715/
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Ultch6713/
Altås6713/
Ouldt6712/
Hulte679/
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Autth672/
Alhth672/
Outlt671/
Hautp671/
Haslt671/
Huilt671/
Hullt671/
Ealte671/
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Awelt671/
Galht671/
Ausseldt671/
Autch671/
Authz671/
Oulte671/
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Guldt671/
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