Lightness Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Azerbaijan

Lightness Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lightness Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Azerbaijan31:3,216,37432,290
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Lightness (28,578) may also be a first name.

Lightness Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lightness is found most frequently in Russia. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lightness? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,427,875th most frequently occurring family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name Lightness occurs mostly in Africa, where 30 percent of Lightness live; 30 percent live in East Africa and 25 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 28,968th most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 28,578 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Russia, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 28,824,611. In Russia Lightness is primarily concentrated in: Moscow, where 60 percent live, Bashkortostan Republic, where 20 percent live and Sverdlovsk Oblast, where 20 percent live. Other than Russia this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 25 percent live and Azerbaijan, where 15 percent live.

Lightness Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Lightness has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lightness last name expanded 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leeightness900/
Lightner827,506/
Lightneh821/
Lightney820/
Leightner78249/
Leightons783/
Laightner781/
Lutness7540/
Letness7533/
Laitnes751/
Lyghtner711/
Leite Nesso702/
Letnes67362/
Lutnes6752/
Litens6729/
Litins677/
Litnäs677/
Llyghtner671/
Lia Tunes671/
Lituns671/
Litnas671/
Lightenhouse670/

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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 Lightness
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