Reight Surname

2,530,696th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 58 people bear this surname

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

Reight Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Reight Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States551:6,590,162310,708
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States281:1,793,52492,026

Reight Last Name Facts

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

The surname Reight is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Reight.

How Common Is The Last Name Reight? popularity and diffusion

Reight is the 2,530,696th most frequently held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 88 percent of Reight live; 88 percent live in North America and 88 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Reight is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 6,590,162. In The United States it is most common in: Ohio, where 49 percent reside, South Carolina, where 9 percent reside and New Jersey, where 7 percent reside. Outside of The United States Reight occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 2 percent reside and Romania, where 2 percent reside.

Reight Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Reight has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Reight surname increased 196 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Reight Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Reight last name are 7.88% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 61.11% being registered with the political party.

Reight earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 38.02% less than the national average, earning $26,742 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Reights923/
Right916,604/
Rights8320/
Raight836/
Roight834/
Righte833/
Rieght832/
Rright831/
Reigch831/
Reghte831/
Hright831/
Reighs830/
Reiget830/
Rightt830/
Righht830/
Raights774/
Reigett771/
Reige7355/
Raght733/
Reixh732/
Rigdh732/
Righz731/
Regch731/
Ryght731/
Reioughe711/
Rought67906/
Raught67498/
Roiget6778/
Rheige672/
Raghte672/
Raigeh671/
Rigche671/

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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 Reight
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