Not Surname

156,463rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,798 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Cambodia

Not Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Not Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France5681:116,94117,622
Cambodia5121:30,2481,525
Italy3081:198,56128,720
Thailand2001:353,19261,534
United States1671:2,170,413136,881
Malaysia1631:180,94610,856
Indonesia1461:905,81667,732
India1191:6,445,928147,141
Pakistan721:2,481,16521,781
Spain651:719,26231,067
Papua New Guinea601:135,89518,658
Philippines481:2,109,130121,847
England461:1,211,26256,182
Brazil441:4,865,326126,089
Iran341:2,258,31076,749
Canada341:1,083,69479,951
Netherlands291:582,31651,332
Australia251:1,079,82861,253
Colombia131:3,674,92915,922
Belgium111:1,045,14978,166
Turkey91:8,646,825130,497
Ivory Coast91:2,563,47041,100
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Croatia61:704,76744,411
Peru51:6,356,82538,776
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
South Sudan41:2,853,7691,758
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
China31:455,773,85521,925
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Not (14,011) may also be a first name.

Not Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Not Come From? nationality or country of origin

Not (Hindi: नोट, Marathi: नोट) occurs in France more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Not? popularity and diffusion

It is the 156,463rd most widespread last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 2,604,555 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 48 percent of Not are found; 38 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 21 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 48,591st most frequently occurring forename in the world. It is borne by 14,011 people.

The last name is most commonly used in France, where it is borne by 568 people, or 1 in 116,941. In France Not is most frequent in: Occitanie, where 63 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 15 percent are found and Brittany, where 7 percent are found. Aside from France this surname occurs in 72 countries. It is also found in Cambodia, where 18 percent are found and Italy, where 11 percent are found.

Not Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Not has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Not last name grew 879 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 767 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Not Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Not are 8.79% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.56% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Not earn in different countries varies notably. In Colombia they earn 4.96% more than the national average, earning $23,828,100 COP per year and in United States they earn 15.37% less than the national average, earning $36,517 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nott8610,849/
Noth864,379/
Ngot863,146/
Note862,013/
Noot861,855/
Nout86779/
Gnot86388/
Hnot86324/
Noet86323/
Nost86140/
Noit86138/
Notø8692/
Noët8672/
Nots8636/
Noyt8625/
Nuot8610/
Nodt869/
Nhot869/
Noht867/
Noùt861/
Ìnot861/
Notp861/
Nozt861/
Nojt860/
No80357,478/
Notte752,798/
Noite75357/
Ngout75323/
Noost75301/
Noste75155/
Noott75138/
Nothe75127/
Nouts7586/
Nootz7585/
Noodt7584/
Noote7583/
Hnots7581/
Noitz7551/
Noëth7546/
Notts7544/
Nouth7542/
Noudt7541/
Noute7540/
Ngoyt7536/
Noots7535/
Gnott7535/
Nocht7530/
Ngoot7526/
Nooth7519/
Gnots7519/
Noith759/
Noyst758/
Nohth758/
Gnoit757/
Nhote755/
N'Got754/
Gnoot754/
Notch753/
Notsh753/
Notgy753/
Ngott753/
Nostz752/
Nhoet752/
Något752/
Noust752/
Noutt751/
Nosts751/
Noits751/
Hnote751/
Hnott751/
Nouët751/
Noyte751/
Ngoit751/
Gnost751/
Noutz750/
Ngo671,485,291/
Noy67120,411/
Noh6765,129/
Nat6744,225/
Noo6731,279/
Noa6729,895/
Nut6725,673/
Noi6711,836/
Noj679,660/
Nou678,862/
Nos675,603/
Nod671,791/
Nop671,603/
Noz67781/
Nno67758/
Noß67753/
Nuo67475/
Noč67357/
Noë67332/
Notsch67242/
Noutch67179/
Notova67167/
Gno6739/
Nouthe6738/
Notová6725/
Hno678/
Noć675/
Noá674/
Ngoutt672/
Nño672/
Noutte672/
Nosthe672/
Noistz672/
Nooiet672/
Notowa671/
Noyteh671/
Noď671/
Nođ671/
Ngnote671/
Nhoyte671/
Noggit671/
Hnotts670/
Nootts670/
Noithe670/

Not Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Not in the Marathi language
नोटnota-
Not in the Hindi language
नोटnota77.78
नॉटnota11.11
नोतnota11.11

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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 Not
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