Sight Surname

2,034,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 85 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
American Samoa

Sight Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sight Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa331:1,641,74981,435
Uganda311:1,259,33249,678
Malaysia111:2,681,293102,971
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States531:947,52256,651

Sight (479) may also be a first name.

Sight Last Name Facts

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

Sight has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sight? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sight is the 2,034,059th most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. Sight occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Sight are found; 44 percent are found in Southern Africa and 44 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Sight is also the 388,635th most frequently used first name internationally, borne by 479 people.

This last name is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 1,641,749. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Northern Cape, where 48 percent reside, Western Cape, where 45 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 3 percent reside. Other than South Africa it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 36 percent reside and Malaysia, where 13 percent reside.

Sight Last Name Statistics demography

Sight earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 55.33% less than the national average, earning R 106,152 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sights91271/
Seight917/
Saight912/
Scight912/
Sikght911/
Sighet911/
Shight911/
Sieght910/
Sighete8393/
Shighte831/
Sheight831/
Seights831/
Shaight830/
Shieght830/
Shoight830/
Siget80263/
Sighh8013/
Sighd805/
Sighj804/
Sigjh802/
Cight801/
Zight801/
Sighs801/
Gight800/
Sheights770/
Saiget73165/
Sigche7323/
Seigeh7311/
Soiget735/
Sigeth731/
Coight731/
Zighet731/
Seghts730/
Sigget730/
Sige671,581/
Sigette6758/
Siggett6711/
Sigd672/
Shinghh672/

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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 Sight
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis