# Vought (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/vought/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,385 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,498 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 222,921 people |
| Change since 2000 | -5.2% (1,461 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /vɔt/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Vought in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Vought in the United States.

## People named Vought

- Chance M. Vought, American aviation pioneer (1890–1930)

## Similar surnames

Vaught, Voight, Vogt, Voigt, Vest, Vasta, Vajda.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.