Peight Surname

1,785,358th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 106 people bear this surname

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

Peight Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peight Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1051:3,451,990194,849
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States241:2,092,445103,667

Peight Last Name Facts

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

Peight is most common in The United States. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Peight? popularity and diffusion

The last name Peight is the 1,785,358th most frequently held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 68,750,433 people. The last name Peight is predominantly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Peight are found; 99 percent are found in North America and 99 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 105 people, or 1 in 3,451,990. In The United States it is primarily found in: Pennsylvania, where 42 percent reside, Illinois, where 20 percent reside and Maryland, where 10 percent reside. Other than The United States this surname is found in one country. It is also found in England, where 1 percent reside.

Peight Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Peight has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Peight last name rose 438 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Peight Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Peight surname are 18.45% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 65.22% being registered to vote for the political party.

Peight earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 30.47% less than the national average, earning $30,002 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peights921/
Pight91101/
Hpeights861/
Paight83102/
Pighte832/
Phight830/
Peshght7718/
Peige7335/
Paght730/
Poiget67315/
Pought6735/
Payght672/
Peaget672/
Paiget672/
Paught672/
Puiget671/
Paghts671/
Paaght671/
Pigeet671/
Pegeet671/
Peughe670/

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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 Peight
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