Brightwood Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Brightwood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brightwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:24,163,929685,360
England11:55,718,059489,080
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582

Brightwood Last Name Facts

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

The last name Brightwood is found most frequently in The United States. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Brightwood? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,772,636th most widespread surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 88 percent of Brightwood live; 88 percent live in North America and 88 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 24,163,929. In The United States it is primarily found in: Florida, where 27 percent reside, California, where 20 percent reside and Oregon, where 20 percent reside. Apart from The United States it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 6 percent reside and Russia, where 6 percent reside.

Brightwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Brightwood has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Brightwood surname contracted 86 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Brightwood Last Name Statistics demography

Brightwood earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 48.5% more than the national average, earning $64,075 USD per year.

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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 Brightwood
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