Delight Surname
Approximately 258 people bear this surname
Delight Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 111 | 1:1,595,881 | 59,722 |
| Solomon Islands | 52 | 1:11,154 | 1,975 |
| Tanzania | 32 | 1:1,654,425 | 47,334 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| South Africa | 15 | 1:3,611,847 | 123,156 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 11 | 1:2,215,943 | 64,354 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
Delight (8,018) may also be a first name.
Delight Demographics
Average Delight Salary in
England
£26,950
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Delight Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Delight Come From? nationality or country of origin
Delight occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Delight? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 993,593rd most frequently used surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 28,246,302 people. The surname occurs predominantly 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 numerous first name globally, borne by 8,018 people.
The last name Delight is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 111 people, or 1 in 1,595,881. In Nigeria it is most common in: Rivers, where 53 percent reside, Bayelsa, where 15 percent reside and Delta, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in The Solomon Islands, where 20 percent reside and Tanzania, where 12 percent reside.
Delight Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Delight has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Delight surname grew 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.
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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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