Lightening Surname

722,496th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 403 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Malta

Lightening Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lightening Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran3001:255,94219,160
England421:1,326,62059,571
South Africa351:1,547,93478,799
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Malta41:107,5681,849
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340

Lightening Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lightening is found most frequently in Iran. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lightening? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lightening is the 722,496th most commonly used surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 18,083,240 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 75 percent of Lightening reside; 74 percent reside in South Asia and 74 percent reside in Islamic South Asia.

The last name Lightening is most commonly used in Iran, where it is held by 300 people, or 1 in 255,942. In Iran Lightening is most frequent in: Tehran Province, where 17 percent are found, Isfahan Province, where 16 percent are found and North Khorasan Province, where 12 percent are found. Besides Iran Lightening is found in 9 countries. It is also found in England, where 10 percent are found and South Africa, where 9 percent are found.

Lightening Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Lightening has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname rose 420 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lightening Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Lightening earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 34.84% more than the national average, earning R 320,424 per year and in United States they earn 29.1% less than the national average, earning $30,594 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lightning95586/
Lietning781/
Litninga781/
Litniang781/
Lotning719/
Lutning710/
Lotining674/
Laytning673/
Leighton-Young672/
Ladining671/
Leidning670/

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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 Lightening
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