Breight Surname

1,817,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 103 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Breight Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Breight Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1021:3,553,519199,004
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Breight Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Breight Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Breight is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Breight click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Breight? popularity and diffusion

The last name Breight is the 1,817,111th most widely held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 70,752,873 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Breight live; 99 percent live in North America and 99 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 102 people, or 1 in 3,553,519. In The United States Breight is most frequent in: Michigan, where 29 percent reside, California, where 22 percent reside and Kansas, where 11 percent reside. Not including The United States this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Germany, where 1 percent reside.

Breight Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Breight has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Breight last name grew 510 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Breight Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Breight surname are 5.08% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 51.85% registered to vote for the party.

Breight earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 8.12% less than the national average, earning $39,646 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bright92114,909/
Breght924/
Brights8647/
Wreight865/
Braight864/
Brioght864/
Brighte864/
Brighht861/
Brigght861/
Breaght860/
D'Bright801/
Wright77895,656/
Bryght7715/
Brighs778/
Vright775/
Wreght774/
Brighz773/
Breige772/
Braght771/
Brighd771/
Geebright751/
Wraight712,325/
Brought71389/
Braught71247/
Breughe7179/
Wrighte7143/
Bruiget7127/
Whright7118/
Wrightt7114/
Breigheche7113/
Wrright716/
Wwright716/
Vreught715/
Wrighht714/
Brigeet712/
Wrihght712/
Wrighjt712/
Wrieght712/
Wrigght711/
Brighch711/
Wrightd711/
Wroight711/
Wrioght711/
Wrigjht711/
Wrikght710/
Wraighte6722/
Breugghe6720/
D'Wright676/
Bregj675/
Broughte673/
Wrightss673/
Brigj672/
Brexh671/
Bregd670/
Brigd670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Breight
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