Cartright Surname

519,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 627 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Haiti

Cartright Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cartright Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5281:686,47554,517
Haiti381:281,1559,538
England231:2,422,52489,093
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Wales51:618,90625,852
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1761:138,49612,565
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1871:42,3074,937

Cartright (11) may also be a first name.

Cartright Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cartright has its highest incidence in The United States. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cartright? popularity and diffusion

Cartright is the 519,402nd most commonly held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 11,622,880 people. Cartright is primarily found in The Americas, where 85 percent of Cartright reside; 78 percent reside in North America and 78 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,487,849th most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 11 people.

The surname Cartright is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 528 people, or 1 in 686,475. In The United States it is mostly found in: Florida, where 16 percent are found, Missouri, where 16 percent are found and Texas, where 6 percent are found. Not including The United States it exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in Haiti, where 6 percent are found and England, where 4 percent are found.

Cartright Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Cartright has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Cartright last name decreased 56 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it decreased 87 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 75 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Cartright Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Catholic (75%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Cartright surname are 18.4% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 65.17% registered with the party.

The amount Cartright earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 7.77% less than the national average, earning $39,797 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.89% less than the national average, earning $40,299 CAD 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
  • 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 Cartright
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