Brightling Surname

1,628,521st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 123 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Ireland

Brightling Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brightling Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada471:783,94961,790
England401:1,392,95161,553
Ireland221:214,0438,362
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England471:518,62527,981
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Brightling Last Name Facts

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

The last name Brightling is held by more people in Canada than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Brightling? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,628,521st most commonly held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 59,248,341 people. Brightling is mostly found in Europe, where 50 percent of Brightling live; 50 percent live in Northern Europe and 50 percent live in British Isles.

It is most numerous in Canada, where it is carried by 47 people, or 1 in 783,949. In Canada it is primarily concentrated in: Ontario, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Canada this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in England, where 33 percent are found and Ireland, where 18 percent are found.

Brightling Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Brightling has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Brightling surname decreased 15 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 2,200 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 43 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Brightling Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

The amount Brightling earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 75.57% less than the national average, earning $10,542 USD per year and in Canada they earn 40.05% more than the national average, earning $69,580 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
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  • 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 Brightling
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