Lightheart Surname

625,459th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 490 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Lightheart Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lightheart Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada3341:110,31611,818
United States1081:3,356,101190,802
Scotland201:267,69112,985
England151:3,714,537119,675
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States491:1,024,87160,160

Lightheart Last Name Facts

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

Lightheart has its highest incidence in Canada. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lightheart? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 625,459th most frequently used last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 14,872,543 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Lightheart reside; 90 percent reside in North America and 88 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

Lightheart is most numerous in Canada, where it is held by 334 people, or 1 in 110,316. In Canada Lightheart is primarily concentrated in: Ontario, where 62 percent reside, British Columbia, where 28 percent reside and Alberta, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account Canada it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 22 percent reside and Scotland, where 4 percent reside.

Lightheart Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Lightheart has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lightheart last name rose 220 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 667 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it rose 1,500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lightheart Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Lightheart surname are 1.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 55% being registered with the party.

The amount Lightheart earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 36.03% more than the national average, earning $58,695 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.17% more than the national average, earning $49,766 CAD per year.

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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 Lightheart
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