Brightness Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Brightness Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 53 | 1:1,448,727 | 58,350 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Brightness (2,779) may also be a first name.
Brightness Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brightness Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Brightness occurs most in Iran. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Brightness? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,635,433rd most commonly occurring family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 134,954,554 people. Brightness occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Brightness reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 98 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Brightness is also the 138,468th most common given name throughout the world, held by 2,779 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Iran, where it is carried by 53 people, or 1 in 1,448,727. In Iran Brightness is primarily concentrated in: Tehran Province, where 49 percent live, East Azerbaijan Province, where 30 percent live and Alborz Province, where 11 percent live. Besides Iran this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brightones | 90 | 1 | / |
| Brightney | 84 | 16 | / |
| Brightner | 84 | 1 | / |
| Brightnose | 80 | 166 | / |
| Burtness | 78 | 503 | / |
| Bartness | 78 | 412 | / |
| Bertness | 78 | 162 | / |
| Bortness | 78 | 60 | / |
| Birtness | 78 | 9 | / |
| Bratness | 78 | 1 | / |
| Byrtness | 78 | 0 | / |
| Baartness | 74 | 1 | / |
| Brittines | 74 | 1 | / |
| Bartnhess | 74 | 1 | / |
| Bartniess | 74 | 0 | / |
| Bartiness | 74 | 0 | / |
| Burtnessw | 74 | 0 | / |
| Bartaness | 74 | 0 | / |
| Bartnes | 71 | 354 | / |
| Børtnes | 71 | 35 | / |
| Bertnes | 71 | 18 | / |
| Britans | 71 | 17 | / |
| Bortnes | 71 | 2 | / |
| Britnez | 71 | 1 | / |
| Britins | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bridnes | 71 | 1 | / |
| Britens | 71 | 0 | / |
| Bratnes | 71 | 0 | / |
| Burtnes | 71 | 0 | / |
| Broughtons | 70 | 1 | / |
| Brito Enes | 70 | 1 | / |
| Bretones | 67 | 1,963 | / |
| Bertunes | 67 | 679 | / |
| Bartenes | 67 | 82 | / |
| Berdines | 67 | 54 | / |
| Brittons | 67 | 19 | / |
| Burdines | 67 | 18 | / |
| Beritens | 67 | 13 | / |
| Bertones | 67 | 13 | / |
| Baartnes | 67 | 11 | / |
| Bartniss | 67 | 6 | / |
| Bråtenes | 67 | 6 | / |
| Brotones | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bertenes | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bartines | 67 | 2 | / |
| Brittens | 67 | 2 | / |
| Britanis | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bortones | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bardines | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bertines | 67 | 2 | / |
| Brottnes | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bardness | 67 | 1 | / |
| Brito Nossa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pritynes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bartnuss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bartnaes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bradines | 67 | 1 | / |
| Burtenss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Portness | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bruttonesso | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bridones | 67 | 1 | / |
| Brittnus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bradness | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bartnoss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bortenes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bartanes | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Brightness
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