Brighten Surname
Approximately 182 people bear this surname
Brighten Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 132 | 1:422,107 | 28,563 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 110 | 1:221,594 | 16,923 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 22 | 1:2,282,667 | 111,005 |
Brighten (339) may also be a first name.
Brighten Demographics
Average Brighten Salary in
England
£26,517
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Brighten Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brighten Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Brighten is found in England more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Brighten.
How Common Is The Last Name Brighten? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,263,456th most numerous surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 40,041,461 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 75 percent of Brighten are found; 75 percent are found in Northern Europe and 75 percent are found in British Isles. It is also the 474,488th most common first name on earth, held by 339 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in England, where it is carried by 132 people, or 1 in 422,107. In England it is mostly concentrated in: Norfolk, where 40 percent are found, Essex, where 11 percent are found and Greater London, where 11 percent are found. Excluding England this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 9 percent are found and Nigeria, where 7 percent are found.
Brighten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Brighten has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname increased 120 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Brighten Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Brighten earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 328.09% more than the national average, earning R 1,017,310 per year and in Canada they earn 7.27% more than the national average, earning $53,294 CAD per year.
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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 Brighten
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