Brighton Surname

36,941st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,277 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Brighton Surname Definition:

A name of recent assumption; since that town-the modern Baiae-has only been so called since the middle of the XVII. cent.

Brighton Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi4,4701:3,830518
Tanzania3,6501:14,5051,892
England2,1371:26,0733,567
United States1,9321:187,60818,644
Australia5961:45,2955,683
Kenya3301:139,93911,339
Canada2751:133,98413,895
South Africa2671:202,91321,677
Portugal1041:100,1754,850
New Zealand761:59,5839,301
Jamaica621:46,2892,804
Zimbabwe471:328,47331,980
France471:1,413,249138,595
Scotland441:121,6787,769
Wales361:85,9597,098
India331:23,244,406321,547
Botswana171:128,64318,229
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Russia131:11,086,389347,183
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Zambia71:2,264,27533,397
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Northern Ireland61:307,50612,899
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Trinidad and Tobago31:454,65814,297
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Slovakia31:1,778,817104,392
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
China21:683,660,78330,601
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Iceland11:380,09011,096
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Show All Nations
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England9991:24,4003,379
Scotland481:77,9844,336
Wales71:224,0598,079
Jersey61:8,6471,503
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3341:150,35513,950

Brighton (56,260) may also be a first name.

Brighton Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A name of recent assumption; since that town-the modern Baiae-has only been so called since the middle of the XVII. cent.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Local. A town on the coast of Sussex, England, anciently called Brightelmstone, from Brithelm, i. e., bright helmet, who was bishop of Bath and Wells, about the year 955. The bright town.

— An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur
DNA test information
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Brighton Demographics

Brighton Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 25 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Brighton Last Name Facts

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

The surname Brighton is held by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Brighton? popularity and diffusion

The surname Brighton is the 36,941st most frequent surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 510,440 people. The surname Brighton occurs mostly in Africa, where 62 percent of Brighton live; 34 percent live in Southern Africa and 34 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 16,706th most widely held forename throughout the world It is held by 56,260 people.

The surname is most frequent in Malawi, where it is held by 4,470 people, or 1 in 3,830. Barring Malawi this last name occurs in 64 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 26 percent are found and England, where 15 percent are found.

Brighton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Brighton has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Brighton surname grew 214 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 578 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it fell 8 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 514 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Brighton Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those holding the Brighton surname are 22.67% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 69.44% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Brighton earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 77.22% more than the national average, earning R 421,140 per year; in United States they earn 9.85% more than the national average, earning $47,398 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.07% more than the national average, earning $53,194 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brightone94613/
Braighton94171/
Breighton946/
Brightton941/
Brieghton940/
Broinghton890/
Wrighton881,309/
Bryghton8815/
Brightom882/
Brightan882/
Brughton881/
Brightonová842/
Brightand821/
Brughtoon821/
Wrightone820/
Brighthand781/
Brightam751/
Brightham710/
Vreaghton710/
Wrighthand672/
Wrightam6364/
Wreightam590/
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Brighton Reference & Research

Bright DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Bright FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Brighton
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