Brights Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Brights Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brights Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa201:2,708,885106,094
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
England21:27,859,030389,889
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
Wales11:1,568,41619,290

Brights Last Name Facts

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

Brights occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Brights? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,843,861st most numerous last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 49 percent of Brights live; 43 percent live in Southern Africa and 43 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Brights is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 2,708,885. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 50 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 50 percent reside. Barring South Africa this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 32 percent reside and Russia, where 9 percent reside.

Brights Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Brights has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Brights surname fell 60 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Brights Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Brights earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 35.67% more than the national average, earning R 322,404 per year and in United States they earn 19.94% less than the national average, earning $34,547 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bright92114,909/
Wrights86494/
Breight86103/
Braight864/
Brioght864/
Brighte864/
Brighht861/
Brughts861/
Brigght861/
Wrightss803/
D'Bright801/
Bryght7715/
Vright775/
Breght774/
Brighz773/
Brighd771/
Geebright751/
Bruiget7127/
Brigeet712/
Wrightc712/
Brighch711/
Breaght710/
Brigd670/
Braigette631/
Briggd621/
Breigheche5913/
Vreighech503/
Bregd500/

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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 Brights
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