Brighet Surname

231,902nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,742 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Brighet Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brighet Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria1,5051:25,6694,692
Morocco2041:169,00029,345
France181:3,690,151224,666
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

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

Brighet occurs most in Algeria. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Brighet? popularity and diffusion

The surname Brighet is the 231,902nd most commonly held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 4,183,436 people. The last name is primarily found 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 commonly used first name on earth, held by 668 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Algeria, where it is held by 1,505 people, or 1 in 25,669. In Algeria Brighet is most prevalent in: Skikda Province, where 79 percent reside, Algiers Province, where 14 percent reside and Relizane Province, where 6 percent reside. Besides Algeria this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 12 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.

Brighet Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Brighet has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Brighet last name declined 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Briget9298/
Briguet86687/
Bruiget8627/
Brigett8617/
Brighit8615/
Brigget8611/
Brigete865/
Brigeth865/
Brigeet862/
Brigeht861/
Breghet861/
Brigiht861/
Brigest860/
Breigheith822/
Brighith80315/
Brigette8054/
Briggett8044/
Briggets803/
Brigithe802/
Briguete802/
Briggest801/
Briguets801/
Brigit77181/
Breget7788/
Briged7713/
Bréget771/
Briggette7565/
Briguette752/
Breiguett752/
Braigette751/
Brigettte751/
Brieghith751/
Breighith751/
Braiguett751/
Breguet71344/
Brigite71176/
Brigith7131/
Bregeth7130/
Bréguet7119/
Brigitt717/
Brighid715/
Vrighed714/
Brigyte712/
Briggit711/
B'Reiguett711/
Brigitte6711,608/
Briggite672/
Breggett670/

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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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