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 occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Righter? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 243,312th most prevalent last name internationally, held by around 1 in 4,446,337 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Righter live; 98 percent live in North America and 98 percent live in Anglo-North America. Righter is also the 2,608,198th most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 18 people.

This surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 1,615 people, or 1 in 224,433. In The United States it is most common in: Pennsylvania, where 16 percent live, Ohio, where 10 percent live and California, where 6 percent live. Aside from The United States it exists in 13 countries. It is also common 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 bearing the Righter last name grew 224 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Righter Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Righter surname are 16.01% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62.78% being registered with the 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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