Paight Surname

1,828,462nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 102 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Paight Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Paight Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States971:3,736,690206,520
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States331:1,521,77881,120

Paight Last Name Facts

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

The surname Paight occurs most in The United States. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Paight? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,828,462nd most frequently used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 71,446,529 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Paight are found; 95 percent are found in North America and 95 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name Paight is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 97 people, or 1 in 3,736,690. In The United States Paight is most frequent in: Florida, where 25 percent are found, Connecticut, where 16 percent are found and Indiana, where 13 percent are found. Barring The United States this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Tanzania, where 5 percent are found.

Paight Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Paight has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Paight last name rose 294 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Paight Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Paight last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the political party.

Paight earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.78% more than the national average, earning $45,645 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pight91101/
Paght910/
Peight83106/
Payght832/
Paiget832/
Paught832/
Pighte832/
Paghts831/
Paaght831/
Phight830/
Pajighe771/
Pfaught771/
Peights771/
Paige7327,732/
Paghh731/
Hpeights711/
Poiget67315/
Payget6754/
Pought6735/
Paikdh6716/
Pahagh6712/
Paigge678/
Pangch673/
Pageet672/
Peaget672/
Puiget671/
Paaige671/
Pigeet671/
Paughe671/

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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 Paight
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