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

The surname Bright (Bengali: ব্রাইট, Hindi: ब्राईट) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

It is the 4,917^th most commonly held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 63,420 people. The surname Bright is predominantly found in The Americas, where 41 percent of Bright reside; 40 percent reside in North America and 40 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,352^nd most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 311,943 people.

This surname is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 44,101 people, or 1 in 8,219. In The United States Bright is most frequent in: California, where 8 percent live, Texas, where 7 percent live and North Carolina, where 6 percent live. Outside of The United States this last name occurs in 156 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 21 percent live and Nigeria, where 9 percent live.

Bright Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Bright has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bright surname expanded 531 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 183 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 272 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 202 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 156 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Bright Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Anglican (44%) in Ireland, Orthodox (83%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya, Latin Catholic (86%) in Lebanon and Christian (99%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those holding the Bright last name are 15.73% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62.5% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Bright earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 24.23% less than the national average, earning 262,216 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 14.55% more than the national average, earning R 272,208 per year; in United States they earn 5.75% less than the national average, earning $40,667 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.09% more than the national average, earning $50,722 CAD per year.