Righter Surname

243,312th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,639 people bear this surname

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

Righter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Righter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,6151:224,43321,718
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
England51:11,143,612252,590
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7201:69,7487,540

Righter (18) may also be a first name.

Righter Last Name Facts

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

Righter is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Righter click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Righter? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 243,312th most commonly occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,446,337 people. The surname Righter is primarily found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Righter are found; 98 percent are found in North America and 98 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Righter is also the 2,608,198th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 18 people.

Righter is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 1,615 people, or 1 in 224,433. In The United States Righter is most frequent in: Pennsylvania, where 16 percent live, Ohio, where 10 percent live and California, where 6 percent live. Besides The United States Righter is found in 13 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Righter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Righter has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Righter last name rose 224 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Righter Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Righter are 16.01% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 62.78% registered with the political party.

Righter earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.68% less than the national average, earning $42,854 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Reighter93159/
Rightter934/
Righte923/
Reightter880/
Righted860/
Rightie860/
Rightes860/
Reightey800/
Righti7736/
Righty779/
Reghte771/
Reightiey752/
Rightti711/
Rightist677/
Reaghetti501/

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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 Righter
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