Laughter Surname

196,784th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,129 people bear this surname

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

Laughter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Laughter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,0961:172,92917,424
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344
England61:9,286,343223,652
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2111:238,00319,923

Laughter (430) may also be a first name.

Laughter Last Name Facts

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

The last name Laughter is most common in The United States. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Laughter click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Laughter? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 196,784th most widely held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,422,990 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Laughter live; 99 percent live in North America and 99 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 413,955th most common forename worldwide, borne by 430 people.

Laughter is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 2,096 people, or 1 in 172,929. In The United States Laughter is most prevalent in: North Carolina, where 34 percent live, South Carolina, where 7 percent live and California, where 6 percent live. Aside from The United States Laughter occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Laughter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Laughter has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 993 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 120 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Laughter Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Laughter last name are 35.49% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 82.26% being registered to vote for the political party.

Laughter earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 10.73% less than the national average, earning $38,519 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Llaughter940/
Laghter931/
Lughter931/
Laughte930/
Loughter881/
Laughtep881/
Laughtes880/
Langhter880/
Leughte801/
Leighter75113/
Lughti712,471/
Laghti718/
Laghty710/
Lughty710/
Leaghty6735/
Laigete676/
Loughty673/
Leughty671/
Laighty670/
Leighthert670/
Liaghty670/
Leighte670/
Leightey6330/
Loghty574/
Leightheas560/
Leiggetter560/
Leighty532,680/
Lieghty533/
Luekdte532/
Longhty532/
Leighti530/
Leightty509/
Leygette501/

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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
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  • 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 Laughter
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