Lyght Surname

812,930th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 343 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Montserrat

Lyght Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lyght Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2421:1,497,764102,032
Guyana511:14,9462,019
Canada381:969,62173,252
Belize51:71,0952,977
England31:18,572,686338,250
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Montserrat11:4,947471
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Lyght Last Name Facts

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

Lyght is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lyght? popularity and diffusion

Lyght is the 812,930th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 21,246,490 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Lyght live; 82 percent live in North America and 81 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Lyght is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 242 people, or 1 in 1,497,764. In The United States it is mostly found in: Wisconsin, where 18 percent reside, New York, where 13 percent reside and Montana, where 11 percent reside. Aside from The United States this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Guyana, where 15 percent reside and Canada, where 11 percent reside.

Lyght Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Lyght has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Lyght surname expanded 2,200 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lyght Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Lyght last name are 18.65% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 71.88% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Lyght earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 1.65% more than the national average, earning $43,861 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.33% less than the national average, earning $42,561 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lyghtt911/
Lysght910/
Light8044,903/
Leght802/
Leight731,396/
Laight731,176/
Lights7357/
Lighte7321/
Lieght735/
Leaght734/
Loight732/
Lighth731/
Llight730/
Lygett730/
Leights6762/
Lightsh672/
Lygd672/
Lightss671/
Leicght671/
Loyghed671/
Leygett670/
Leighth670/
Leightz670/
Leighte670/
Lightte670/
Lheight670/
Lightts670/

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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 Lyght
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