Saughter Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Saughter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Saughter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Saughter Last Name Facts

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

Saughter occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Saughter.

How Common Is The Last Name Saughter? popularity and diffusion

The last name Saughter is the 8,968,613th most widely held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Saughter occurs mostly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Saughter live; 75 percent live in North America and 75 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Saughter is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States it is most frequent in: Connecticut, where 33 percent are found, Mississippi, where 33 percent are found and Tennessee, where 33 percent are found. Barring The United States it occurs in one country. It also occurs in England, where 25 percent are found.

Saughter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Saughter has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Saughter last name decreased 25 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Scaughter941/
Shaughter941/
Sughter93516/
Caughter8812/
Suughter881/
Sunghter881/
Sanghter881/
Saghte861/
Saghteh8053/
Soghter801/
Coughter7549/
Shaughta751/
Soughtie751/
Saghti7116/
Sughta711/
Shaghti676/
Shughta671/
Chaughti6322/
Shughtai636/
Shaghtai631/
Chughtei631/
Chaughtai5992/
Chughti5361/
Sageeta5314/
Chaghti535/
Sugeeta532/
Seighty530/
Chughtai5015,935/
Chaghtai5094/
Sugeetha5013/
Chughtay508/
Sageetha508/
Choughti507/
Saigeeta505/
Chughthi501/

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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 Saughter
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