Lights Surname

2,555,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 57 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Lights Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lights Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran391:1,968,78370,616
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States541:929,97655,839

Lights (32) may also be a first name.

Lights Last Name Facts

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

Lights is found most in Iran. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lights? popularity and diffusion

Lights is the 2,555,468th most commonly occurring surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 74 percent of Lights reside; 70 percent reside in South Asia and 70 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Lights is also the 1,840,253rd most commonly occurring given name internationally It is held by 32 people.

Lights is most frequently occurring in Iran, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 1,968,783. In Iran it is primarily found in: West Azerbaijan Province, where 95 percent are found, Hamadan Province, where 3 percent are found and Khuzestan Province, where 3 percent are found. Other than Iran it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 25 percent are found and Israel, where 2 percent are found.

Lights Last Name Statistics demography

Lights earn significantly less than the average income. In Canada they earn 31.49% less than the national average, earning $34,036 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leights9262/
Lightsh922/
Lightss921/
Lightse920/
Lightts920/
Light9144,903/
Leight831,396/
Laight831,176/
Lyghts8327/
Lighte8321/
Lieght835/
Loight832/
Lighth831/
Llight830/
Leicght771/
Leighte770/
Leighth770/
Leightz770/
Lheight770/
Lightte770/
Lyght73343/
Leght732/
Loiget67201/
Leaght674/
Leightova671/
Lyghtt671/
Lysght670/

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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 Lights
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