Night Surname

16,311th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34,068 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Night Surname Definition:

A mis-spelling of Knight.

Night Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda23,2801:1,677232
Sudan3,6401:10,3051,452
Kenya2,7371:16,8722,019
Iran1,1711:65,5706,923
Saudi Arabia1,0341:29,8414,317
United States4921:736,70557,727
Bangladesh4511:353,3419,758
Egypt3661:251,19117,305
Canada761:484,81041,569
England691:807,50843,459
Zimbabwe681:227,03325,258
India671:11,448,737210,278
Portugal661:157,8526,835
South Africa641:846,52756,162
Australia491:550,93340,757
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
United Arab Emirates371:247,62917,078
China341:40,215,3402,154
Brazil321:6,689,823158,565
France211:3,162,987209,042
Nigeria171:10,420,162203,261
South Sudan161:713,442947
Mexico141:8,866,15837,743
Thailand131:5,433,719375,884
Syria111:1,754,6388,509
Venezuela111:2,745,82529,869
Netherlands91:1,876,35385,467
Vietnam91:10,294,0062,767
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
Turkey71:11,117,346139,182
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Lebanon51:1,127,41717,983
Peru51:6,356,82538,776
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
Afghanistan41:8,038,29630,874
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782
Bahamas41:97,9381,027
Fiji41:223,5982,635
French Polynesia41:70,2014,444
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Myanmar41:12,984,4961,309
New Zealand41:1,132,08147,619
Pakistan41:44,660,971115,884
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Jordan31:2,947,47921,051
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Malta11:430,2723,380
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1551:157,26013,677
Scotland71:534,74514,325
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,4751:34,0474,076

Night (29,155) may also be a first name.

Night Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A mis-spelling of Knight.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Same as Knight, from Anglo-Saxon cniht, cneoht, a boy, youth, attendant, servant.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Night Last Name Facts

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

Night (Hindi: निघत, Marathi: िनघो़ट) occurs most in Uganda. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Night? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 16,311th most prevalent family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 213,912 people. The last name Night occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Night reside; 76 percent reside in East Africa and 54 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Night is also the 28,516th most frequent given name internationally. It is borne by 29,155 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is borne by 23,280 people, or 1 in 1,677. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Yumbe District, where 13 percent reside, Bundibugyo District, where 11 percent reside and Koboko District, where 8 percent reside. Barring Uganda this surname exists in 100 countries. It is also found in Sudan, where 11 percent reside and Kenya, where 8 percent reside.

Night Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Night has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Night surname contracted 67 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 55 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 150 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it contracted 71 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Night Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Christian (99%) in Kenya.

In The United States Night are 1.87% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 55.1% registered with the political party.

The amount Night earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 49.34% less than the national average, earning R 120,396 per year; in United States they earn 29.34% less than the national average, earning $30,488 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.4% less than the national average, earning $38,553 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Naight9176/
Nighte9118/
Neight9117/
Nights913/
Nihght912/
Nightt912/
Nighht911/
Nieght911/
Nigcht911/
Nuight910/
Hnight910/
Neights8310/
Nightte831/
Nyght8022/
Nught8013/
Nighs800/
Neigeh731/
Naiget730/
Nixh674/
Nigeesh673/
Nigd671/
Nainghh671/

Night Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Night in the Hindi language
निघतnighata90.91
निगतnigata4.55
निगहतnigahata3.03
Night in the Marathi language
िनघो़टinaghota66.67
िनघतinaghata33.33

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