How common is the surname Vaughn?

88,060 people in the United States had the surname Vaughn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,506 Americans. It ranked 356th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Vaughn?

Vince Vaughn, American actor (born 1970), followed by Robert Vaughn.

Where is the surname Vaughn most common?

Wikidata records people named Vaughn in the United States and the Czech Republic.

How do you pronounce Vaughn?

Vaughn is /vɔːn/, one syllable.

Is the surname Vaughn getting more or less common?

More common. 85,037 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 88,060 in 2010, up 3.6%.

Is Vaughn also a first name?

Yes. Vaughn 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.

The surname Vaughn

A Welsh surname, carried by 88,060 people in the United States.

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

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vaughn is more common than 99.8% of them.

Origin

Welsh origin

A variant of Vaughan, from Welsh bychan (“small”).

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 88,060 people named Vaughn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 3,506 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 85,037.

#356

rank among US surnames

88,060

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+3.6%

change since 2000 (was #327)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#347	Jennings	89,700	3,442
#348	Watts	89,649	3,444
#349	Duran	89,401	3,453
#350	Walters	89,376	3,454
#351	Cohen	89,091	3,466
#352	McDaniel	88,728	3,480
#353	Moran	88,615	3,484

Who is named Vaughn

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

72% of people named Vaughn identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 72%
Black (not Hispanic) 23%
Two or more races 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Vaughns

16 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Vince Vaughn
American actor (born 1970)
Robert Vaughn
American actor (1932–2016)
Billy Vaughn
American singer, multi-instrumentalist, orchestra leader, and A&R man for Dot Records (191
Jacque Vaughn
American basketball coach and former player, born 1975
Frank Vaughn
American soccer player (1902-1959)
Alberta Vaughn
Actress (1904-1992)
Rashad Vaughn
American basketball player (born 1996)
Kia Vaughn
American basketball player, born 1987
Adamae Vaughn
Actress (1905-1943)
Countess Vaughn
Actress, singer, born 1978
Ned Vaughn
American actor, born 1964
Mo Vaughn
American baseball player, born 1967

Notable Vaughns come mostly from the United States (15) and the Czech Republic (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Vaughn

Vaughn 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 Vaughn come from?: A variant of Vaughan, from Welsh bychan (“small”).
How common is the surname Vaughn?: 88,060 people in the United States had the surname Vaughn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,506 Americans. It ranked 356th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vaughn?: In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Vaughn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Vaughn?: Vince Vaughn, American actor (born 1970), followed by Robert Vaughn.
Where is the surname Vaughn most common?: Wikidata records people named Vaughn in the United States and the Czech Republic.
How do you pronounce Vaughn?: Vaughn is /vɔːn/, one syllable.
Is the surname Vaughn getting more or less common?: More common. 85,037 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 88,060 in 2010, up 3.6%.
Is Vaughn also a first name?: Yes. Vaughn 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.