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    The surname Vaughan

    A Welsh surname, carried by 38,830 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /vɔːn/ 1 syllable Soundex V250 Also a first name

    Vaughan: #893 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Vaughan #893, 38,830 people Vaughan: #893 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Vaughan #893, 38,830 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vaughan is more common than 99.4% of them.

    Origin

    Welsh origin

    Borrowed from Welsh Vychan, from bychan, diminutive of bach (“little”).

    One of 60 Welsh surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 38,830 people named Vaughan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 7,951 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 37,591.

    #893
    rank among US surnames
    38,830
    people in 2010
    13
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.3%
    change since 2000 (was #837)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #884Landry39,3917,838
    #885Case39,3197,852
    #886Sampson39,2777,861
    #887Moses39,2167,873
    #888Magana39,1057,895
    #889Blackburn39,0977,897
    #890Dunlap39,0637,904

    Who is named Vaughan

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

    82% of people named Vaughan identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Vaughans

    11 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Stevie Ray Vaughan
      American blues guitarist (1954–1990)
    • Sarah Vaughan
      American jazz and classical singer (1924–1990)
    • Dorothy Vaughan
      African-American mathematician, 1910–2008
    • Peter Vaughan
      British actor (1923–2016)
    • Greg Vaughan
      American actor and model, born 1973
    • Jimmie Vaughan
      American blues rock guitarist and singer, born 1951
    • Brian K. Vaughan
      American screenwriter, comic book creator, born 1976
    • Roger Vaughan
      Archbishop of Sydney (1834–1883)
    • Kate Vaughan
      British dancer and actress (1852–1903)
    • Shelbi Vaughan
      American athlete, born 1994
    • Elizabeth Okie Paxton
      American painter (1878–1972)

    Notable Vaughans come mostly from the United States (8) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (2).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Vaughan

    Vaughan has the Soundex code V250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V250.

    Other Welsh surnames

    All 60 Welsh surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Vaughan come from?
    Borrowed from Welsh Vychan, from bychan, diminutive of bach (“little”).
    How common is the surname Vaughan?
    38,830 people in the United States had the surname Vaughan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,951 Americans. It ranked 893rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Vaughan?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Vaughan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Vaughan?
    Stevie Ray Vaughan, American blues guitarist (1954–1990), followed by Sarah Vaughan.
    Where is the surname Vaughan most common?
    Wikidata records people named Vaughan in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    How do you pronounce Vaughan?
    Vaughan is /vɔːn/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Vaughan getting more or less common?
    More common. 37,591 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 38,830 in 2010, up 3.3%.
    What are other spellings of Vaughan?
    Faughn, Vaughn and Vaughns.
    Is Vaughan also a first name?
    Yes. Vaughan is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.