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Where Does The Last Name Blight Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Blight has its highest incidence in Australia. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Blight? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name is the 80,688^th most frequently occurring surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,208,348 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 41 percent of Blight live; 40 percent live in Australasia and 40 percent live in Australia and New Zealand. Blight is also the 1,874,099^th most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 31 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Australia, where it is carried by 2,334 people, or 1 in 11,566. In Australia Blight is most common in: South Australia, where 33 percent live, New South Wales, where 19 percent live and Victoria, where 18 percent live. Besides Australia this surname exists in 34 countries. It also occurs in England, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 14 percent live.

Blight Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Blight has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Blight last name expanded 122 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 492 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 178 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 2,700 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 80 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Blight Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Catholic (50%) in Ireland.

In The United States Blight are 6.78% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 53.55% being registered with the party.

The amount Blight earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 95.1% more than the national average, earning R 463,620 per year; in United States they earn 2.42% more than the national average, earning $44,192 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.9% more than the national average, earning $50,129 CAD per year.