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    The surname Nugent

    A Norman place surname, carried by 15,977 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /nuːd͡ʒɛnt/ 2 syllables Soundex N253

    Nugent: #2,281 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Nugent #2,281, 15,977 people Nugent: #2,281 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Nugent #2,281, 15,977 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nugent is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    Norman origin

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

    Nugent is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 15,977 people named Nugent in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,324 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,599.

    #2,281
    rank among US surnames
    15,977
    people in 2010
    5.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.4%
    change since 2000 (was #2,132)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,272Schaeffer16,02419,268
    #2,273Cheek16,02019,273
    #2,274Fenton16,01719,276
    #2,275Sams16,01419,280
    #2,276Saylor16,01019,285
    #2,277Robledo16,00119,295
    #2,278Espino15,99719,300

    Who is named Nugent

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    88% of people named Nugent identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Nugents

    10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ted Nugent
      American rock musician, born 1948
    • 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, born 1951
    • 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, born 1977

    Notable Nugents come mostly from the United States (9) and the Kingdom of Great Britain (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Neugent

    Nugent has the Soundex code N253, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N253.

    Other Norman surnames

    All 128 Norman surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Nugent come from?
    From the Norman habitational surname from any of various places in France called Nogent.
    How common is the surname Nugent?
    15,977 people in the United States had the surname Nugent in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,324 Americans. It ranked 2,281st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Nugent?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Nugent identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Nugent?
    Ted Nugent, American rock musician, followed by Elliott Nugent.
    Where is the surname Nugent most common?
    Wikidata records people named Nugent in the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
    How do you pronounce Nugent?
    Nugent is /nuːd͡ʒɛnt/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Nugent?
    Nugent is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Nugent getting more or less common?
    More common. 15,599 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,977 in 2010, up 2.4%.
    What are other spellings of Nugent?
    Neugent.