How common is the surname Nutt?

7,541 people in the United States had the surname Nutt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,942 Americans. It ranked 4,706th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Nutt?

Emma Nutt, American telephone operator, followed by Charles Beaumont.

Where is the surname Nutt most common?

Wikidata records people named Nutt in the United States.

Is the surname Nutt getting more or less common?

More common. 7,098 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,541 in 2010, up 6.2%.

The surname Nutt

A surname, carried by 7,541 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex N300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nutt is more common than 97.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,541 people named Nutt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,942 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,098.

#4,706

rank among US surnames

7,541

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+6.2%

change since 2000 (was #4,582)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,699	Mosby	7,549	40,899
#4,702	Yamamoto	7,547	40,910
#4,705	Schramm	7,543	40,931
#4,706	Nutt	7,541	40,942
#4,707	Burrow	7,539	40,953

Who is named Nutt

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

88% of people named Nutt identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Nutts

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Emma Nutt
American telephone operator, 1860–1915
Charles Beaumont
American writer (1929-1967)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Nutt

Nutt has the Soundex code N300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N300.

Questions

How common is the surname Nutt?: 7,541 people in the United States had the surname Nutt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,942 Americans. It ranked 4,706th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nutt?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Nutt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Nutt?: Emma Nutt, American telephone operator, followed by Charles Beaumont.
Where is the surname Nutt most common?: Wikidata records people named Nutt in the United States.
Is the surname Nutt getting more or less common?: More common. 7,098 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,541 in 2010, up 6.2%.