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    The surname Waugh

    An English surname, carried by 11,387 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /wɑ/ 1 syllable Soundex W200

    Waugh: #3,171 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Waugh #3,171, 11,387 people Waugh: #3,171 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Waugh #3,171, 11,387 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Waugh is more common than 98% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Probably from Old English walh (“foreign”), perhaps applied originally to the Welsh-speaking Britons who survived in Scotland well into the Middle Ages.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,387 people named Waugh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,114 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,052.

    #3,171
    rank among US surnames
    11,387
    people in 2010
    3.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3%
    change since 2000 (was #3,001)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,162Gresham11,41227,054
    #3,163Fennell11,41027,059
    #3,164Vest11,40527,071
    #3,165Grogan11,40027,083
    #3,167Rupp11,39927,085
    #3,168Corrigan11,39627,092
    #3,169Breeden11,39527,095

    Who is named Waugh

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

    86% of people named Waugh identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Waughs

    6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Steve Waugh
      Australian cricketer, born 1965
    • Andrew Scott Waugh
      British army officer and Surveyor General of India (1810-1878)
    • Scott Waugh
      American film director, born 1970
    • Jesse Waugh
      American artist, born 1974
    • Frederick Judd Waugh
      American artist (1861-1940)
    • Hillary Waugh
      American mystery novelist (1920-2008)

    Notable Waughs come mostly from the United States (4), Australia (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Waugh

    Waugh has the Soundex code W200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W200.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Waugh come from?
    Probably from Old English walh (“foreign”), perhaps applied originally to the Welsh-speaking Britons who survived in Scotland well into the Middle Ages.
    How common is the surname Waugh?
    11,387 people in the United States had the surname Waugh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,114 Americans. It ranked 3,171st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Waugh?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Waugh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Waugh?
    Steve Waugh, Australian cricketer, followed by Andrew Scott Waugh.
    Where is the surname Waugh most common?
    Wikidata records people named Waugh in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    How do you pronounce Waugh?
    Waugh is /wɑ/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Waugh getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,052 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,387 in 2010, up 3.0%.