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

The last name Raught is found most frequently in The United States. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Raught? popularity and diffusion

Raught is the 617,991st most frequent surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 14,633,626 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 72 percent of Raught reside; 72 percent reside in North America and 72 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 409 people, or 1 in 886,208. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Pennsylvania, where 28 percent are found, New Mexico, where 8 percent are found and Utah, where 8 percent are found. Apart from The United States it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 16 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 1 percent are found.

Raught Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Raught has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Raught last name expanded 292 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Raught Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Raught surname are 34.48% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 81.25% registered with the 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
  • 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 Raught
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