Obright Surname

1,017,412th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 249 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

Obright Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obright Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2091:1,734,253114,535
Canada291:1,270,53890,455
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States291:1,731,67989,620

Obright (129) may also be a first name.

Obright Last Name Facts

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

The surname Obright has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Obright? popularity and diffusion

The last name Obright is the 1,017,412th most commonly used family name on earth, held by around 1 in 29,267,253 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Obright reside; 96 percent reside in North America and 96 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 818,356th most frequently occurring forename worldwide, held by 129 people.

Obright is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 209 people, or 1 in 1,734,253. In The United States Obright is most common in: Wisconsin, where 20 percent live, California, where 12 percent live and Minnesota, where 10 percent live. Besides The United States it exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 12 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 percent live.

Obright Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Obright has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Obright surname expanded 721 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Obright Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Obright last name are 24.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 71.67% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Obright earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 15.31% less than the national average, earning $36,545 USD per year and in Canada they earn 30.34% more than the national average, earning $64,757 CAD per year.

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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 Obright
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