Delight Surname

993,593rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 258 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Delight Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Delight Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1111:1,595,88159,722
Solomon Islands521:11,1541,975
Tanzania321:1,654,42547,334
England171:3,277,533109,658
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
India71:109,580,769786,157
Kenya71:6,597,12951,431
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Delight (8,018) may also be a first name.

Delight Last Name Facts

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

The surname Delight is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Delight.

How Common Is The Last Name Delight? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 993,593rd most widely held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 28,246,302 people. Delight is predominantly found in Africa, where 65 percent of Delight are found; 43 percent are found in West Africa and 43 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Delight is also the 70,988th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 8,018 people.

Delight is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 111 people, or 1 in 1,595,881. In Nigeria Delight is most common in: Rivers, where 53 percent live, Bayelsa, where 15 percent live and Delta, where 10 percent live. Besides Nigeria it is found in 11 countries. It is also found in The Solomon Islands, where 20 percent live and Tanzania, where 12 percent live.

Delight Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Delight has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name expanded 155 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Delight Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Delight earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 56.04% less than the national average, earning R 104,460 per year and in Canada they earn 7.07% less than the national average, earning $46,168 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Delighte932/
Deelight931/
Dolight860/
Daylight8034/
Deleighe801/
Deleige713/
Deluige711/
Delix6753/
Deslegch6719/
Deluigge674/
Deloix6256/
Delaix6243/
Daligd622/
Delicd621/
Deslix620/
Deleage57769/
Deloyge571/
Deleagd570/
Delahaix533/
Delex5017/
Dilix501/
Detilleix501/

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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 Delight
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