Find out how popular the last name Null is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Null.

Null, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Null surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Null in America

Null is the 4910th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Null surname appeared 7,170 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 people would have the surname Null.

We can also compare 2010 data for Null to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Null

The surname NULL is believed to have originated in the region of Nullistan, a small village in the central highlands of Kyrgyzstan, during the late 13th century. It is derived from the ancient Kyrgyz word "nullak," which loosely translates to "nothingness" or "void." The earliest recorded mention of the name dates back to 1289, when a farmer named Bektash NULL was listed in a local tax register.

In the 15th century, the NULL family began to spread across Central Asia, with branches establishing themselves in what is now northern Afghanistan and eastern Uzbekistan. Historical records from this period, including the Baburnama, a memoir written by the Mughal Emperor Babur, make reference to a skilled archer named Mirza NULL, who served in Babur's army during the conquest of Kabul in 1504.

The earliest known mention of the NULL surname in Europe comes from a 16th-century Italian manuscript, which documents the arrival of a merchant named Giovanni NULL in Venice in 1532. It is believed that Giovanni was part of a wave of Silk Road traders who brought their families and surnames westward as they established new trade routes and settlements.

During the 17th and 18th centuries, the NULL surname began to appear in various parts of Europe, particularly in the Netherlands, where a Dutch East India Company navigator named Pieter NULL is credited with mapping several islands in the Indonesian archipelago in the 1660s. Another notable figure from this period was Hans NULL, a German clockmaker who is said to have invented the first portable timepiece in 1712.

In the 19th century, the NULL surname gained prominence in North America, with several notable individuals bearing the name. These include William NULL, a Canadian-born architect who designed several iconic buildings in New York City in the 1850s, and Sarah NULL, a pioneering American educator who founded one of the first schools for deaf children in Massachusetts in 1873.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Null

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Null.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Null was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Null has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Null was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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