Hunter-Wright Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jamaica
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Hunter-Wright Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Hunter & Wright.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Hunter-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
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Hunter-Wright Last Name Facts

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

The last name Hunter-Wright is more frequently found in Jamaica than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Hunter-Wright? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,193,072nd most commonly held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Hunter-Wright live; 40 percent live in Caribbean and 40 percent live in Anglo-Caribbean.

The surname is most prevalent in Jamaica, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 1,434,974. In Jamaica Hunter-Wright is primarily found in: Middlesex County, where 50 percent are found and Surrey County, where 50 percent are found. Excluding Jamaica this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 40 percent are found and The United States, where 20 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hander-Wright851/
Hunter-Ward7511/
Hunter-Hart752/
Hunter-Reid751/
Hunter-Howard691/
Hunter-Hardy643/
Hentairarat5011/

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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 Hunter-Wright
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