Lighthouse Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Canada

Lighthouse Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lighthouse 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
Iran71:10,968,932186,522
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States411:1,224,84668,768

Lighthouse (53) may also be a first name.

Lighthouse Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lighthouse is held by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lighthouse? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,391,485th most widely held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname Lighthouse occurs predominantly in Asia, where 54 percent of Lighthouse reside; 54 percent reside in South Asia and 54 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,366,219th most frequently occurring given name globally, held by 53 people.

The surname Lighthouse is most common in Iran, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 10,968,932. In Iran Lighthouse is most frequent in: Gilan Province, where 100 percent live. Other than Iran this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 46 percent live.

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
Lighthousse951/
Lighthuse951/
Lighthouser950/
Lightouser900/
Lighthauser860/
Lightus8215/
Lightheiser760/
Leightheiser7311/
Leightheas700/
Leghtas59172/
Leighteizer572/
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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 Lighthouse
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