Kough Surname

284,447th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,353 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Kough Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kough Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8721:415,66436,087
Nigeria4511:392,77820,683
England141:3,979,861125,553
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland631:70,3155,170
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England401:609,38430,680
Scotland101:374,32210,959
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3221:155,95914,357

Kough (25) may also be a first name.

Kough Last Name Facts

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

Kough is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kough.

How Common Is The Last Name Kough? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 284,447th most widely held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 5,386,213 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 45 percent of Kough are found; 45 percent are found in North America and 45 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,136,160th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 25 people.

Kough is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 872 people, or 1 in 415,664. In The United States Kough is most frequent in: California, where 12 percent are found, Maryland, where 6 percent are found and Florida, where 6 percent are found. Barring The United States Kough occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 33 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Kough Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Kough has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Kough surname increased 271 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 65 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kough Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Kough surname is predominantly Catholic (71%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Kough last name are 28.81% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 75.58% registered to vote for the party.

Kough earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.61% more than the national average, earning $44,705 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Kougova671/
Coug671/
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Ckug671/
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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 Kough
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