# Nugent (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/nugent/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Norman.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norman |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 15,977 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,281 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 19,324 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.4% (15,599 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /nuːd͡ʒɛnt/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Neugent |

## Etymology

From the Norman habitational surname from any of various places in France called Nogent.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Nugent in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Nugent in the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.

## People named Nugent

- Ted Nugent, American rock musician
- Elliott Nugent, American actor, playwright, writer, and film director (1896-1980)
- Edward Nugent, actor, writer, director (1904-1995)
- Judy Nugent, American actress (1940–2023)
- Rich Nugent, American politician
- John F. Nugent, American politician (1868-1931)
- Richard Bruce Nugent, American writer (1906-1987)
- Sir George Nugent, 1st Baronet, British Army officer (1757-1849)
- J. C. Nugent, American actor and screenwriter (1868-1947)
- Jim Jefferies, Australian-American stand-up comedian, actor and writer

## Similar surnames

Nesmith, Nakamoto, Nishimoto.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.