Brighet Surname
Approximately 1,742 people bear this surname
Brighet Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 1,505 | 1:25,669 | 4,692 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| France | 18 | 1:3,690,151 | 224,666 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Brighet (668) may also be a first name.
Brighet Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brighet Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Brighet occurs more in Algeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Brighet? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 231,902nd most widespread last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 4,183,436 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Brighet live; 98 percent live in North Africa and 98 percent live in Mahgreb. Brighet is also the 321,047th most widespread first name internationally. It is borne by 668 people.
The surname Brighet is most widely held in Algeria, where it is carried by 1,505 people, or 1 in 25,669. In Algeria it is primarily concentrated in: Skikda Province, where 79 percent live, Algiers Province, where 14 percent live and Relizane Province, where 6 percent live. Barring Algeria this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 12 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.
Brighet Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Brighet has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Brighet surname contracted 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Briget | 92 | 98 | / |
| Briguet | 86 | 687 | / |
| Bruiget | 86 | 27 | / |
| Brigett | 86 | 17 | / |
| Brighit | 86 | 15 | / |
| Brigget | 86 | 11 | / |
| Brigete | 86 | 5 | / |
| Brigeth | 86 | 5 | / |
| Brigeet | 86 | 2 | / |
| Brigeht | 86 | 1 | / |
| Breghet | 86 | 1 | / |
| Brigiht | 86 | 1 | / |
| Brigest | 86 | 0 | / |
| Breigheith | 82 | 2 | / |
| Brighith | 80 | 315 | / |
| Brigette | 80 | 54 | / |
| Briggett | 80 | 44 | / |
| Briggets | 80 | 3 | / |
| Brigithe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Briguete | 80 | 2 | / |
| Briggest | 80 | 1 | / |
| Briguets | 80 | 1 | / |
| Brigit | 77 | 181 | / |
| Breget | 77 | 88 | / |
| Briged | 77 | 13 | / |
| Bréget | 77 | 1 | / |
| Briggette | 75 | 65 | / |
| Briguette | 75 | 2 | / |
| Breiguett | 75 | 2 | / |
| Braigette | 75 | 1 | / |
| Brigettte | 75 | 1 | / |
| Brieghith | 75 | 1 | / |
| Breighith | 75 | 1 | / |
| Braiguett | 75 | 1 | / |
| Breguet | 71 | 344 | / |
| Brigite | 71 | 176 | / |
| Brigith | 71 | 31 | / |
| Bregeth | 71 | 30 | / |
| Bréguet | 71 | 19 | / |
| Brigitt | 71 | 7 | / |
| Brighid | 71 | 5 | / |
| Vrighed | 71 | 4 | / |
| Brigyte | 71 | 2 | / |
| Briggit | 71 | 1 | / |
| B'Reiguett | 71 | 1 | / |
| Brigitte | 67 | 11,608 | / |
| Briggite | 67 | 2 | / |
| Breggett | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Brighet
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