Brightson Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Brightson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Brightson (508) may also be a first name.
Brightson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brightson Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Brightson (Oriya: ବାଇଟସନ) has its highest incidence in India. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Brightson click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Brightson? popularity and diffusion
Brightson is the 2,944,094th most frequently held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 59 percent of Brightson live; 48 percent live in West Africa and 48 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 375,473rd most frequent first name on earth, borne by 508 people.
This last name is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 63,922,115. In India Brightson is primarily found in: Manipur, where 33 percent are found, Tamil Nadu, where 33 percent are found and Kerala, where 8 percent are found. Excluding India this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 27 percent are found and Ghana, where 20 percent are found.
Brightson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Brightson has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Brightson surname fell 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Brightson Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Brightson in the Oriya language | ||
| ବାଇଟସନ | ba'itasana | - |
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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 Brightson
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