How rare is the last name Nation?

7,026 people in the United States have the last name Nation, about 1 in 42,542. It ranks #4,871 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

last name

NATION

#4,871

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,026
About
1 in 42,542
This common or more
58.2%
Who bears it

Of the 7,026 people with the last name Nation, 75.7% reported their origin as White, 13.3% as Black and 5.4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Nation

1 other last name also has 7,026 people.

#4,871 Beale · 7,026

Either side of Nation

#4,870 Bucher · 7,027#4,871 Beale · 7,026#4,873 Pointer · 7,024#4,873 Timmerman · 7,024

Also a first name

As a first name, Nation ranks #29,280 of 53,615, with 303 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2020, with 52 births. See Nation as a first name

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