How common is the surname Vought?

1,385 people in the United States had the surname Vought in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 222,921 Americans. It ranked 19,498th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Vought?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Vought identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Vought?

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

Where is the surname Vought most common?

Wikidata records people named Vought in the United States.

How do you pronounce Vought?

Vought is /vɔt/, one syllable.

Is the surname Vought getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,461 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,385 in 2010, down 5.2%.

The surname Vought

A surname, carried by 1,385 people in the United States.

Pronounced /vɔt/ 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). Vought is more common than 88% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,385 people named Vought in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 222,921 Americans. That is down 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,461.

#19,498

rank among US surnames

1,385

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-5.2%

change since 2000 (was #17,695)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,489	Pulsifer	1,386	222,760
#19,498	Dubuque	1,385	222,921

Who is named Vought

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

96% of people named Vought identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Voughts

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Vought

Vought 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 Vought?: 1,385 people in the United States had the surname Vought in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 222,921 Americans. It ranked 19,498th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vought?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Vought identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Vought?: Chance M. Vought, American aviation pioneer (1890–1930).
Where is the surname Vought most common?: Wikidata records people named Vought in the United States.
How do you pronounce Vought?: Vought is /vɔt/, one syllable.
Is the surname Vought getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,461 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,385 in 2010, down 5.2%.