Fought Surname

221,865th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,838 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Fought Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fought Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,8051:200,80819,745
Iraq161:2,188,85319,343
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
England11:55,718,059489,080
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4271:117,60811,536

Fought (11) may also be a first name.

Fought Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fought has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Fought click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fought? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 221,865th most frequent family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,964,932 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Fought live; 99 percent live in North America and 98 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,487,849th most prevalent first name internationally. It is borne by 11 people.

The surname Fought is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 1,805 people, or 1 in 200,808. In The United States Fought is most frequent in: Ohio, where 18 percent reside, Indiana, where 10 percent reside and California, where 8 percent reside. Excluding The United States Fought occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Iraq, where 1 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.

Fought Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Fought has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 423 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Fought Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Fought surname are 15.1% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 61.87% being registered to vote for the political party.

Fought earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.45% less than the national average, earning $39,071 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Foughts920/
Foght91315/
Fught913/
Faught834,892/
Foight8388/
Foughe8351/
Feught8310/
Fooght831/
Fughte831/
Phought771/
Pfaught771/
Faunght771/
Voughth770/
Voght73578/
Vught73115/
Foghe7342/
Fughs737/
Fogdt736/
Fugch732/
Faght730/
Vaught6712,311/
Voight675,270/
Feight67816/
Vooght67594/
Faight6770/
Voyght6712/
Fieght672/
Faughd671/

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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 Fought
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