Lightley Surname

933,049th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 282 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Lightley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lightley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1871:297,95822,741
South Africa571:950,48660,033
United States191:19,076,786604,894
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
France11:66,422,722504,397
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England941:259,31218,589
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States221:2,282,667111,005

Lightley Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lightley occurs in England more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Lightley.

How Common Is The Last Name Lightley? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 933,049th most widespread surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 25,842,361 people. The surname Lightley occurs mostly in Europe, where 68 percent of Lightley reside; 68 percent reside in Northern Europe and 68 percent reside in British Isles.

This surname is most prevalent in England, where it is held by 187 people, or 1 in 297,958. In England it is most prevalent in: Northumberland, where 37 percent live, Cumbria, where 12 percent live and Greater London, where 8 percent live. Not including England it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 20 percent live and The United States, where 7 percent live.

Lightley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Lightley has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname expanded 199 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 14 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lightley Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Lightley surname are 38.94% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 85.71% registered with the political party.

The amount Lightley earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 57.29% more than the national average, earning R 373,776 per year and in United States they earn 7.59% less than the national average, earning $39,875 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leightley94324/
Lieghtley941/
Lightle932,042/
Lightly93352/
Lightowley891/
Leightly886/
Leightle886/
Lightale880/
Lightile880/
Litley868/
Lihtle861/
Lightdale8213/
Lightwale821/
Littley80624/
Lightel8069/
Lyghtle8033/
Loightl801/
Litle77754/
Litly770/
Lightell75462/
Lightaul7516/
Lightall751/
Lightwel751/
Lhiteley751/
Leightel750/
Little71194,502/
Lightwala71287/
Lutley71286/
Letley71256/
Litole71125/
Litele71120/
Litale7170/
Leightell7169/
Litlle7155/
Leitle7139/
Litule7136/
Luitle7132/
Litile7130/
Lightwell7115/
Latley7114/
Liitle7113/
Lidley719/
Lighteall712/
Lighttell712/
Litloy712/
Lotley711/
Lowhatley711/
Littly711/
Lityle711/
Liutle711/
Litlay711/
Litlie711/
L'Whitley711/
Litely711/
Lietle710/
Liytle710/
Litlee710/
Leightall710/
Laidley671,608/
Litaole67100/
Litl6799/
Lettley6793/
Liotole6741/
Liatile6724/
Lightwalla6718/
Littlle6711/
Llittle679/
Littile676/
Litualy674/
Laitale674/
Liedtle674/
Liedley673/
Ltle673/
Leatley672/
Liettle672/
Loutley672/
Littele672/
Litiele672/
Litileh672/
Luidley671/
Loitile671/
Littlee671/
Littleh671/
Littlie671/
Litelay671/
Litiloy671/
Laittly671/
Lateley671/
Wlittle671/
Liadley671/
Lwitale671/
Lotiley671/
Luitale671/
Luitele671/
Leighdoyle671/
L'Wheatley671/
Ladiley671/
Letaley671/
Liattle671/
Lediley671/
Litoale671/
Litolee671/
Luttley670/
Liittle670/
L Wheatley670/
Leidley670/
Luitily670/
Litdale670/
Laittle670/
Leittle670/
Litllee670/

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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 Lightley
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