Broght Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Colombia

Broght Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Broght Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia61:7,962,34523,614
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Broght Last Name Facts

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

The surname Broght occurs most in Colombia. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Broght? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,117,718th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Broght live; 86 percent live in South America and 86 percent live in Caribbean South America.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Colombia, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 7,962,345. In Colombia it is most common in: Quindío Department, where 100 percent are found. Not including Colombia it is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 14 percent are found.

Broght Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Broght has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Broght last name decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brought92389/
Broughte863/
Wroght836/
Breght834/
Braght831/
Brught831/
Braught77247/
Wrought7763/
Broughs772/
Vrought771/
Brughts771/
Wroight771/
Brroughs713/
Broggy6761/
Wrogjt678/
Vrught677/
Wraght673/

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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 Broght
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