How rare is the last name Nathan?

7,874 people in the United States have the last name Nathan, about 1 in 37,960. It ranks #4,353 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

NATHAN

#4,353

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,874
About
1 in 37,960
This common or more
56.9%
Who bears it

Of the 7,874 people with the last name Nathan, 51.2% reported their origin as White, 28.2% as Black and 12% as Asian or Pacific Islander. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Nathan

#4,351 Riddick · 7,884#4,352 Asbury · 7,881#4,354 Jewett · 7,873#4,355 Meeker · 7,871

Spelled almost the same

2 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Nathan, most common first.

#57,805 Nathani · 380#83,936 Natan · 241

Also a first name

As a first name, Nathan ranks #93 of 53,615, with 481,621 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2004, with 14,696 births. See Nathan as a first name

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