Brightheart Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Brightheart Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brightheart Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Brightheart Last Name Facts

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

The last name Brightheart occurs most in The United States. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Brightheart.

How Common Is The Last Name Brightheart? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly used surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. Brightheart occurs mostly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Brightheart are found; 50 percent are found in North America and 50 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States it is most frequent in: Arizona, where 25 percent reside, Michigan, where 25 percent reside and Ohio, where 25 percent reside. Not including The United States this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 13 percent reside and Russia, where 13 percent reside.

Brightheart Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Brightheart has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Brightheart surname contracted 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Brightheart
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