How common is the surname Vaught?

9,476 people in the United States had the surname Vaught in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,582 Americans. It ranked 3,738th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Vaught?

Robert Lawson Vaught, American mathematician (1926–2002), followed by Loy Vaught.

Where is the surname Vaught most common?

Wikidata records people named Vaught in the United States.

Is the surname Vaught getting more or less common?

More common. 9,004 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,476 in 2010, up 5.2%.

The surname Vaught

A surname, carried by 9,476 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex V230

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vaught is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,476 people named Vaught in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,582 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,004.

#3,738

rank among US surnames

9,476

people in 2010

3.2

per 100,000 Americans

+5.2%

change since 2000 (was #3,627)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,729	Findley	9,505	32,482
#3,730	Holtz	9,502	32,493
#3,731	Glynn	9,501	32,496
#3,732	Scroggins	9,495	32,517
#3,733	Packard	9,494	32,520
#3,734	Antoine	9,493	32,523
#3,735	Wicks	9,489	32,537

Who is named Vaught

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

88% of people named Vaught identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.3%
Two or more races 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Vaughts

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert Lawson Vaught
American mathematician (1926–2002)
Loy Vaught
American basketball player (born 1968)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Vaught

Vought

Vaught has the Soundex code V230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V230.

Questions

How common is the surname Vaught?: 9,476 people in the United States had the surname Vaught in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,582 Americans. It ranked 3,738th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vaught?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Vaught identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Vaught?: Robert Lawson Vaught, American mathematician (1926–2002), followed by Loy Vaught.
Where is the surname Vaught most common?: Wikidata records people named Vaught in the United States.
Is the surname Vaught getting more or less common?: More common. 9,004 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,476 in 2010, up 5.2%.