How common is the surname Null?

7,170 people in the United States had the surname Null in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,061 Americans. It ranked 4,910th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Null?

Eduard van der Nüll, Austrian architect (1812–1868).

Where is the surname Null most common?

Wikidata records people named Null in Austria.

Is the surname Null getting more or less common?

More common. 7,072 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,170 in 2010, up 1.4%.

The surname Null

A surname, carried by 7,170 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex N400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Null is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,170 people named Null in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,061 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,072.

#4,910

rank among US surnames

7,170

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1.4%

change since 2000 (was #4,590)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,902	Almond	7,188	42,953
#4,903	Hussein	7,182	42,989
#4,905	Kuehn	7,181	42,995
#4,906	Whitmire	7,179	43,007
#4,907	Gabel	7,177	43,019
#4,908	Pride	7,172	43,049
#4,909	Encarnacion	7,171	43,055

Who is named Null

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

94% of people named Null identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Nulls

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Eduard van der Nüll
Austrian architect (1812–1868)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Null

Null has the Soundex code N400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N400.

Questions

How common is the surname Null?: 7,170 people in the United States had the surname Null in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,061 Americans. It ranked 4,910th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Null?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Null identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Null?: Eduard van der Nüll, Austrian architect (1812–1868).
Where is the surname Null most common?: Wikidata records people named Null in Austria.
Is the surname Null getting more or less common?: More common. 7,072 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,170 in 2010, up 1.4%.