Nothing Surname

1,795,579th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 105 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Canada

Nothing Surname Definition:

NOTHING: A patronymic of Nott, Old German Noto, Notho, Not; or from some local name, perhaps originally Northing. Nutfield, Nuthall, Nuthurst, Nutley, Notting Hill, Nottington are local names in England.

Nothing Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany661:1,219,78078,810
Canada311:1,188,56786,017
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

The alternate forms: Nöthing (2) are calculated separately.

Nothing (114) may also be a first name.

Nothing Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

NOTHING: A patronymic of Nott, Old German Noto, Notho, Not; or from some local name, perhaps originally Northing. Nutfield, Nuthall, Nuthurst, Nutley, Notting Hill, Nottington are local names in England.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Nothing Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nothing Come From? nationality or country of origin

Nothing is found most in Germany. It may occur as a variant: Nöthing. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nothing? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,795,579th most frequently used family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 69,405,199 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 64 percent of Nothing live; 63 percent live in Western Europe and 63 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 877,214th most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 114 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 66 people, or 1 in 1,219,780. In Germany it is mostly found in: Brandenburg, where 92 percent reside, Saxony, where 3 percent reside and Thuringia, where 3 percent reside. Aside from Germany it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 30 percent reside and The Philippines, where 3 percent reside.

Nothing Last Name Statistics demography

Nothing earn significantly less than the average income. In Canada they earn 31.11% less than the national average, earning $34,225 CAD per year.

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