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 is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Saughter? popularity and diffusion

The surname Saughter is the 8,968,613th most commonly held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Saughter occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Saughter are found; 75 percent are found in North America and 75 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name Saughter is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States it is primarily found in: Connecticut, where 33 percent reside, Mississippi, where 33 percent reside and Tennessee, where 33 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States Saughter occurs in one country. It is also common in England, where 25 percent reside.

Saughter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Saughter has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Saughter surname declined 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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