Raight Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Dominican Republic

Raight Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Raight Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Raight Last Name Facts

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

Raight occurs in Australia more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Raight? popularity and diffusion

The last name Raight is the 7,593,402nd most commonly occurring last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Raight reside; 33 percent reside in North America and 33 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most numerous in Australia, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 13,497,850. In Australia Raight is most prevalent in: New South Wales, where 50 percent reside and Queensland, where 50 percent reside. Beside Australia it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent reside and The Dominican Republic, where 17 percent reside.

Raight Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Raight has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Raight surname fell 78 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Raights924/
Right916,604/
Raght913/
Raught83498/
Reight8358/
Rights8320/
Roight834/
Righte833/
Raghte832/
Rieght832/
Hright831/
Rright831/
Raigeh831/
Righht830/
Rightt830/
Reights773/
Rayghet771/
Raghd7315/
Raige7311/
Raghp734/
Raghj734/
Rigdh732/
Raghz731/
Righz731/
Ryght731/
Ragdh731/
Ragch731/
Rought67906/
Roiget6778/
Raghsh677/
Rangdh673/
Raingd673/
Rageet672/
Raughe672/
Rangch672/
Rhaghe671/
Raughp671/
Rigche671/
Reigch671/
Reghte671/
Reighs670/
Reiget670/

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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 Raight
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