Lightfoote Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

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

Lightfoote Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lightfoote Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States591:6,143,372295,589
England71:7,959,723202,100
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland51:748,64318,576
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Lightfoote Last Name Facts

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

Lightfoote is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lightfoote? popularity and diffusion

Lightfoote is the 2,352,516th most frequently used surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. Lightfoote is predominantly found in The Americas, where 89 percent of Lightfoote reside; 89 percent reside in North America and 89 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 6,143,372. In The United States Lightfoote is most frequent in: New York, where 73 percent are found, California, where 12 percent are found and Alabama, where 7 percent are found. Aside from The United States it exists in one country. It is also common in England, where 11 percent are found.

Lightfoote Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Lightfoote has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 536 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lightfoote Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Lightfoote are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.

Lightfoote earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 12.5% less than the national average, earning $37,754 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lightfoot9522,184/
Lighttfoot901/
Lightfoott900/
Leightfoot900/
Lightffoot900/
Lightfoots900/
Lightfot893/
Lightfood8411/
Lightffot841/
Lightfost841/
Leghtfoot840/
Lightfott840/

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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 Lightfoote
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