Rightous Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Rightous Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rightous Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Rightous (11) may also be a first name.

Rightous Last Name Facts

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

Rightous occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rightous? popularity and diffusion

The surname Rightous is the 10,311,814th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. Rightous is predominantly found in Africa, where 33 percent of Rightous are found; 33 percent are found in West Africa and 33 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Rightous is also the 3,487,849th most numerous forename at a global level, held by 11 people.

The surname Rightous is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 767,065,382. Aside from India this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 33 percent live and The United States, where 33 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Righthous941/
Rightus932/
Righthouse89130/
Rightout8818/
Righthousse841/
Rightto801/
Rightup800/
Rightie670/
Reightey630/
Reightiey592/
Reinghttha561/

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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 Rightous
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