Kight Surname

72,403rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,810 people bear this surname

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

Kight Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kight Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,4881:55,8666,671
England1421:392,38127,229
Australia631:428,50333,982
Canada351:1,052,73178,176
New Zealand341:133,18615,994
Wales111:281,32115,850
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
China31:455,773,85521,925
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1021:238,97417,695
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6361:78,9608,347

Kight (39) may also be a first name.

Kight Last Name Facts

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

Kight is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kight? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kight is the 72,403rd most frequently held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,070,124 people. The last name Kight occurs mostly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Kight are found; 96 percent are found in North America and 96 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Kight is also the 1,637,361st most numerous first name in the world, borne by 39 people.

This last name is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 6,488 people, or 1 in 55,866. In The United States it is most numerous in: Georgia, where 15 percent are found, Florida, where 11 percent are found and Texas, where 10 percent are found. Besides The United States this surname occurs in 23 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.

Kight Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Kight has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kight last name expanded 1,020 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 139 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kight Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kight last name are 22.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 69% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Kight earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 6.01% less than the national average, earning $40,556 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.17% more than the national average, earning $54,734 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Keight91323/
Khight9113/
Kaight911/
Kkight910/
Kyght8021/
Cight801/
Keght800/
Kught800/
Coight731/
Keghte731/
Quight730/
Keigd601/
Cjkgdh551/

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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
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  • 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 Kight
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