Thought Surname

959,117th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 272 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Thought Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Thought Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran2691:285,43720,593
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Thought (32) may also be a first name.

Thought Last Name Facts

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

Thought is held by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thought? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 959,117th most commonly occurring last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 26,792,448 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Thought are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Thought is also the 1,840,253rd most frequent forename internationally. It is borne by 32 people.

The surname is most widely held in Iran, where it is borne by 269 people, or 1 in 285,437. In Iran it is most frequent in: Gilan Province, where 21 percent live, Kerman Province, where 21 percent live and Tehran Province, where 16 percent live. Barring Iran this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cambodia, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tought920/
Thaught861/
Toght830/
Tught830/
Taught771/
Tonght771/
Thongd6216/
Teight621/
Taghte621/
Taight620/
Togd551/
Toygette531/
Tuggy50133/
Tukdt503/
Thokd502/
Thukd501/
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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 Thought
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