Caughter Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Wales
Highest density in:
Wales

Caughter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Caughter Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales61:515,75523,171
England51:11,143,612252,590
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales41:392,10412,338

Caughter Last Name Facts

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

Caughter is borne by more people in Wales than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Caughter? popularity and diffusion

Caughter is the 5,587,209th most common family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 92 percent of Caughter are found; 92 percent are found in Northern Europe and 92 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name Caughter is most widespread in Wales, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 515,755. In Wales Caughter is mostly found in: Anglesey, where 83 percent live and Conwy County Borough, where 17 percent live. Barring Wales this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 42 percent live and South Africa, where 8 percent live.

Caughter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Caughter has changed through the years. In Wales the number of people carrying the Caughter surname grew 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Scaughter941/
Coughter8849/
Saughter884/
Kaughter880/
Sughter80516/
Caightey750/
Kanghter750/
Cughtai6710/
Coughty671/
Cogeeter631/
Keighter630/
Tsughtyor594/
Kangdte531/
Koughty531/
Keightey501/
Khughtai501/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Caughter
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