Scoughton Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

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

Scoughton Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scoughton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States931:3,897,408212,857
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Scoughton Last Name Facts

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

Scoughton is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of Scoughton click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Scoughton? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,918,812th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 77,527,084 people. The last name Scoughton occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 37 percent of Scoughton reside; 37 percent reside in North America and 37 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 93 people, or 1 in 3,897,408. In The United States it is most numerous in: New Mexico, where 11 percent reside, Texas, where 8 percent reside and Missouri, where 6 percent reside. Aside from The United States Scoughton is found in one country. It also occurs in Japan, where 1 percent reside.

Scoughton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Scoughton has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Scoughton last name increased 1,329 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Scoughton Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Scoughton surname are 35.05% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 81.82% registered with the party.

Scoughton earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 15.52% more than the national average, earning $49,844 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schoughton950/
Soughton9443/
Coughton949/
Skoughton890/
Sughton880/
Caughton823/
Joughton821/
Coughtan821/
Saughton820/
Cuighton820/
Coghtan750/
Suhghtan711/
Caighton711/
Giughton710/
Seighton710/
Zaghtan501/

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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 Scoughton
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