Raught Surname

617,991st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 498 people bear this surname

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

Raught Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Raught Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4091:886,20867,037
India801:9,588,317188,446
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1401:358,70527,299

Raught Last Name Facts

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

Raught is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Raught? popularity and diffusion

The last name Raught is the 617,991st most frequently held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 14,633,626 people. The surname Raught is predominantly found in The Americas, where 72 percent of Raught are found; 72 percent are found in North America and 72 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 409 people, or 1 in 886,208. In The United States Raught is primarily concentrated in: Pennsylvania, where 28 percent live, New Mexico, where 8 percent live and Utah, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account The United States it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 16 percent live and The Netherlands, where 1 percent live.

Raught Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Raught has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Raught surname increased 292 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Raught Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Raught last name are 34.48% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 81.25% registered with the political party.

Raught earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.57% less than the national average, earning $40,744 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Raght913/
Rught911/
Rought83906/
Raight836/
Raghte832/
Raughe832/
Hrught831/
Raughp831/
Raights774/
Roughte772/
Rayghet771/
Raghd7315/
Raghj734/
Rugdh734/
Raghp734/
Ragdh731/
Rugch731/
Roght731/
Ragch731/
Raghz731/
Rughh730/
Reight6758/
Raghsh677/
Roight674/
Rangdh673/
Rangch672/
Rieght672/
Rageet672/
Roghth671/
Rhaghe671/
Raigeh671/
Rhughe671/

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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 Raught
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