Naught Surname

1,041,601st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 241 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guyana

Naught Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Naught Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1621:2,237,401140,088
South Africa641:846,52756,162
Guyana71:108,8897,175
England21:27,859,030389,889
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States331:1,521,77881,120

Naught (10) may also be a first name.

Naught Last Name Facts

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

The last name Naught occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Naught.

How Common Is The Last Name Naught? popularity and diffusion

Naught is the 1,041,601st most numerous family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 30,238,780 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 71 percent of Naught are found; 68 percent are found in North America and 67 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Naught is also the 3,684,242nd most numerous first name globally It is held by 10 people.

This surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 162 people, or 1 in 2,237,401. In The United States Naught is most numerous in: Washington, where 30 percent reside, Missouri, where 29 percent reside and Oregon, where 15 percent reside. Other than The United States this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 27 percent reside and Guyana, where 3 percent reside.

Naught Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Naught has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Naught last name increased 491 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Naught Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Naught surname are 1.94% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 55.17% being registered with the party.

The amount Naught earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 10.99% less than the national average, earning R 211,524 per year and in United States they earn 14.37% less than the national average, earning $36,947 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nught9113/
Naght9110/
Naight8376/
Nought8318/
Naughe830/
Nuight830/
Naghd73306/
Naghs739/
Nagdh736/
Naghz736/
Nagkh732/
Naghh732/
Nuugh731/
Nugjt731/
Noght730/
Naghsh6755/
Neight6717/
Nhughe673/
Nayget671/
Nuughe671/
Nieght671/
Nageet671/
N'Gnaghte671/
Naiget670/

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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 Naught
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