Nutt is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Nutt
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

The form of Nutley. Places in Buckinghamshire and Sussex.

Descendant of Canute meaning "kind, race".

KnottProbably Knut, the Danish personal name, which we now improperly write in two syllables-Canute. See - The Scandinavian Cnut or Canute, a personal name. The sandpiperor knot-bird, derives its name from King Canute . Britannia, 971. And Drayton in his Polyolbion sings-
"The Knot that called was Canutus' bird of old,
Of that great King of Danes his name that still doth hold;
His appetite to please that far and near was sought,
For him, as some have said, from Denmark hither brought."

A Cnut appears in the Domesday of Derby, Nottingham, and York, and he was evidently either a Dane or of Danish extraction.
"Our surname of Knot, being so made by abbreviation, some say should more rightly be Kanut."

Lastname Nutt is the variation of the Nutter. See under Nutting - Derived from Knut, or Canute, the Danish personal name; and adds that the name of Knut was derived from a wen or tumour on his head. It is however worthy of remark, that the hazel, Anglo-Saxon hnut-beám, gave rise to several names of places, from some of which surnames havebeen derived, as Nut field, Nuthall, Nuthurst, Nutley, Nuthampstead. The names Nutter and Nuttman are also probably connected with this tree signifying, perhaps, dealers in its fruit.

How popular is Nutt?

Nutt is common in United States, England, Australia, Canada, Germany, South Africa, Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Liechtenstein.

Nutt is ranked 32610 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Nutt bearers increased by 6.24 per cent in 2010 US census to 7541 since 2000, the surname slipped by 124 spots and ranked at 4706. The last name was found in around 3 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.34 90.17
Black 6.21 5.8
Hispanic or Latino 2 1.25
Others 1.64 1.62
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.1 0.58
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7 0.58
Nutt is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Liechtenstein is ahead in terms of density. Around 16331 person has been found who wears Nutt as their family name. Nutt is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Nutt:
4,551 United States9,874
2,756 England2,883
3,164 Australia1,175
Countries with hundreds of Nutt:
10,011 Canada404
24,140 Germany377
16,928 South Africa364
1,134 Northern Ireland295
1,430 Wales240
3,109 Scotland179
62 Liechtenstein102
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
567 Bahamas65
10,704 New Zealand63
4,454 Estonia54
15,036 Switzerland51
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
219,200 Thailand41
53,034 Netherlands27
244,602 France15
66,551 Zimbabwe14
116,258 Poland13
15,694 Ireland11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
121,952 Malaysia9
92,487 Pakistan6
43,431 Venezuela6
486,533 Brazil6
3,169 Isle of Man6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 26 years old workman Isaiah Nutt who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on May 11, 1850 by Constitution put out from Liverpool. Robert Nutt, aged 20, 29 years old Mary Nutt, Joseph Nutt, aged 6, 3 years old Eliza Nutt, Workman James Nutt, are others that migrated to US.

From Germany

Ludw. Nutt worked as farmer and hailed from Prussia. 28 years old embarked for Iowa from Bremen on Thiermann and arrived on November 4, 1865. Anna Nutt, 21 years old Johann Nutt, Farmer Aug. Nutt, Aug. Nutt, 24 years old Therese Nutt, Fridolin Nutt (35), Bricklayer Kaspar Nutt, Dorothea Nutt, aged 8, Dorothea Nutt (35) Cultivator, are other Nutt that migrated to US from Antwerp, Bremen & Bremerhaven and Havre.

Nutt Namesakes

  • Alfred Nutt, British publisher
  • Levi G. Nutt, Chief of the Narcotics Division within the Prohibition Unit of the United States Department of the Treasury
  • Joseph Nutt, English surveyor of highways, born in Hinckley
  • Jim Nutt, founding member of the Chicago surrealist art movement known as the Chicago Imagists
  • Danny Nutt, former college football assistant coach
  • Houston Nutt, Houston Dale Nutt Jr
  • Dickey Nutt, assistant coach for the Stetson University men's basketball team
  • Dennis Nutt, retired American professional basketball player
  • Roy Nutt, American businessman and computer pioneer

Nutt Namesakes

  • Alfred Nutt, British publisher
  • Levi G. Nutt, Chief of the Narcotics Division within the Prohibition Unit of the United States Department of the Treasury
  • Joseph Nutt, English surveyor of highways, born in Hinckley
  • Jim Nutt, founding member of the Chicago surrealist art movement known as the Chicago Imagists
  • Danny Nutt, former college football assistant coach
  • Houston Nutt, Houston Dale Nutt Jr
  • Dickey Nutt, assistant coach for the Stetson University men's basketball team
  • Dennis Nutt, retired American professional basketball player
  • Roy Nutt, American businessman and computer pioneer

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