Brownwight Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Scotland

Brownwight Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brownwight Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland51:748,64318,576

Brownwight Last Name Facts

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

The surname Brownwight is carried by more people in Scotland than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Brownwight? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 10,311,814th most frequently held last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Brownwight reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname is most frequently used in Scotland, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 1,784,606. In Scotland it is most frequent in: City of Edinburgh, where 67 percent are found and Stirlingshire, where 33 percent are found.

Brownwight Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Brownwight has changed over time. In Scotland the number of people who held the Brownwight last name declined 40 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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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 Brownwight
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