Brights Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Brights Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 20 | 1:2,708,885 | 106,094 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
Brights Demographics
Average Brights Salary in
United States
$34,547 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Brights Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brights Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Brights occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Brights? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,843,861st most frequently used surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 49 percent of Brights are found; 43 percent are found in Southern Africa and 43 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 2,708,885. In South Africa Brights is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 50 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 50 percent reside. Beside South Africa this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 32 percent reside and Russia, where 9 percent reside.
Brights Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Brights has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Brights last name decreased 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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bright | 92 | 114,909 | / |
| Wrights | 86 | 494 | / |
| Breight | 86 | 103 | / |
| Braight | 86 | 4 | / |
| Brioght | 86 | 4 | / |
| Brighte | 86 | 4 | / |
| Brighht | 86 | 1 | / |
| Brughts | 86 | 1 | / |
| Brigght | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wrightss | 80 | 3 | / |
| D'Bright | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bryght | 77 | 15 | / |
| Vright | 77 | 5 | / |
| Breght | 77 | 4 | / |
| Brighz | 77 | 3 | / |
| Brighd | 77 | 1 | / |
| Geebright | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bruiget | 71 | 27 | / |
| Brigeet | 71 | 2 | / |
| Wrightc | 71 | 2 | / |
| Brighch | 71 | 1 | / |
| Breaght | 71 | 0 | / |
| Brigd | 67 | 0 | / |
| Braigette | 63 | 1 | / |
| Briggd | 62 | 1 | / |
| Breigheche | 59 | 13 | / |
| Vreighech | 50 | 3 | / |
| Bregd | 50 | 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 Brights
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis