Brighter Surname

1,428,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 151 people bear this surname

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

Brighter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brighter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1261:2,876,658169,773
Tanzania101:5,294,16157,086
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
England11:55,718,059489,080
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Brighter (300) may also be a first name.

Brighter Last Name Facts

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

The surname Brighter is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Brighter? popularity and diffusion

Brighter is the 1,428,594th most commonly occurring family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 48,261,893 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 63 percent of Brighter reside; 63 percent reside in North America and 63 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 508,767th most widespread first name in the world It is held by 300 people.

It is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 126 people, or 1 in 2,876,658. In The United States Brighter is most prevalent in: Pennsylvania, where 33 percent live, Hawaii, where 32 percent live and Arkansas, where 10 percent live. Aside from The United States it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 7 percent live and Canada, where 6 percent live.

Brighter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Brighter has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Brighter surname increased 1,400 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Brighter Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Brighter last name are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 60% being registered with the political party.

The amount Brighter earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 20.55% less than the national average, earning $34,282 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.26% more than the national average, earning $55,275 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brighte934/
Wrighter88215/
Brightey88108/
Brightes881/
Brightheart848/
Whrighter823/
Brighttey821/
Brighty80738/
Brighta801/
Brighthead780/
Wrightjr758/
Brightai752/
Brightii751/
Braigette711/
Brightish711/
Breghta674/

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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 Brighter
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