de Wright Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

de Wright Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Wright Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

de Wright Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Wright occurs more in Australia more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of de Wright.

How Common Is The Last Name de Wright? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,427,875th most prevalent surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. It is primarily found in Oceania, where 65 percent of de Wright are found; 65 percent are found in Australasia and 65 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name is most widespread in Australia, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 2,076,592. In Australia de Wright is mostly found in: New South Wales, where 92 percent live and Western Australia, where 8 percent live. Besides Australia de Wright occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent live and Brazil, where 10 percent live.

de Wright Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of de Wright has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 20 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dewright943/
de Right942/
D Wright940/
Deright88133/
Dwright885/
D'Wright826/
Dowright824/
Diwright823/
Doeright821/
Dearight820/
Dright80164/
de Righetti8054/
de Rit801/
Dewrit801/
de Vrught7875/
Doowright781/
Dewey-Wright764/
de Rita75672/
de Rito75533/
de Wert75304/
de Erit75287/
de Roit75111/
de Riet7547/
Doright7520/
de Wart7515/
de Ruit7514/
Dewritt756/
de Riti755/
Wtright752/
de Reit751/
de Rijt751/
Dereiht751/
Duright750/
Derighetti7491/
de Vreught7452/
Doro Wight741/
Derit711,701/
de Weert711,406/
de Waart71497/
de Werdt71245/
de Weirt71119/
de Ritta7150/
de Ruijt7142/
de Wardt7112/
de Ritti7112/
de Werte7111/
de Raita713/
Dorighet713/
de Arita711/
de Ariet711/
de Reijt711/
de Woert711/
de Ritte711/
Deweritt710/
Dorighty710/
De-Righetti704/
do Righetto701/
de Weerdt673,217/
Derita671,487/
Dewart671,235/
Derito67670/
de Weirdt67589/
Dewert67441/
de Waardt67411/
Deriot67238/
Deriat6770/
Deroit6768/
Deriet6761/
Derhet6759/
de Rot6758/
Deirit6751/
Dorigheto6746/
Derrit6745/
Dewiratih6738/
Deerit6721/
Deruit6720/
Drighetti6716/
Dherit6715/
Derite6715/
de Ruijte6714/
Dewort6713/
Dereit677/
Deriti676/
Drewit675/
de Art675/
de Urieta674/
Drighetto674/
Durigheto673/
Dorigheti673/
Tright672/
de Hority672/
de Rat672/
Derity672/
de Weyert672/
Dewrid671/
Derhut671/
Dearrighetti671/
de Arieta671/
Tewrit671/
Dewrat671/
de Rid671/
de O Rita671/
de Rut671/
Deridt671/
Deyrit671/
Draght671/
Deritu671/
de Oritto671/
Dorighete671/
Deritt670/
Drught670/
Doreighty670/
Duriht670/
Dewirt670/
de Vreugd561,037/
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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 de Wright
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