Golightly Surname

87,110th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,526 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Faroe Islands

Golightly Surname Definition:

(English) Lightfoot; a nickname for a Messenger, Runner [Old English gánt to go; leohtlíce, lightly]

Golightly Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,0411:119,19112,777
England1,0201:54,6266,648
Ghana5541:48,7745,381
Australia5181:52,1156,434
Canada1381:266,99725,150
Scotland661:81,1185,959
New Zealand631:71,87810,704
South Africa441:1,231,31169,478
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Belgium81:1,437,08092,692
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
Faroe Islands71:7,000707
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Wales41:773,63329,106
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
France21:33,211,361423,184
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6071:40,1575,104
Scotland431:87,0524,622
Wales151:104,5614,503
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2961:169,65815,313

Golightly Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Lightfoot; a nickname for a Messenger, Runner [Old English gánt to go; leohtlíce, lightly]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A curious synonym of Gallogly, q.v

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

(English) A messenger or runner was fleet of foot.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Has nothing to do, I think, with lightness of foot. The name has many forms, to none of which a meaning can well be attached; but from the termination it is probably local.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Gellatly; a location name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Golightly Last Name Facts

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

Golightly occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Golightly.

How Common Is The Last Name Golightly? popularity and diffusion

It is the 87,110th most numerous family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,318,774 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 40 percent of Golightly live; 40 percent live in North America and 40 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Golightly is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 3,041 people, or 1 in 119,191. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: California, where 9 percent live, Utah, where 6 percent live and Florida, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this last name occurs in 41 countries. It also occurs in England, where 18 percent live and Ghana, where 10 percent live.

Golightly Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Golightly has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Golightly last name grew 1,027 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 168 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 153 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it contracted 73 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 200 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Golightly Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Golightly last name is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Golightly last name are 21.41% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 68.18% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Golightly earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 44.37% less than the national average, earning 192,518 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 58.42% more than the national average, earning R 376,476 per year; in United States they earn 1.6% less than the national average, earning $42,458 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.93% less than the national average, earning $49,219 CAD per year.

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