Vaughans Surname

1,248,410th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 185 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Vaughans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vaughans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1441:2,517,076153,460
Trinidad and Tobago161:85,2486,095
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines81:14,082855
Jamaica71:409,9929,090
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
England21:27,859,030389,889
Barbados11:287,4482,772
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Vaughans Last Name Facts

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

Vaughans is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Vaughans.

How Common Is The Last Name Vaughans? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,248,410th most frequently occurring surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 39,392,140 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 97 percent of Vaughans reside; 79 percent reside in North America and 78 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 144 people, or 1 in 2,517,076. In The United States Vaughans is most common in: Alabama, where 30 percent live, Missouri, where 19 percent live and New York, where 16 percent live. Outside of The United States Vaughans occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Trinidad and Tobago, where 9 percent live and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, where 4 percent live.

Vaughans Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Vaughans has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Vaughans last name increased 3,600 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Vaughans Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Vaughans surname is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Vaughans surname are 1.23% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 52% registered to vote for the party.

Vaughans earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.47% more than the national average, earning $43,350 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vaughan's942/
Vaghans931/
Baughans8813/
Vaughens881/
Vanghans881/
Vagans864/
Fagans71486/
Bagans7195/
Bugans717/
Baigahans716/
Wagans714/
Vagasinsh713/
Vogans711/
Vagons710/
Feagans67980/
Faggans6785/
Phagans6734/
Fagains6727/
Bagjans6725/
Buggans672/
Bougans672/
Vaganje672/
Bungans671/
Fangans671/
Wuggans671/
Faegans671/
Faganns670/
Faigans670/
Waggans670/

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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
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  • 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 Vaughans
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