Sights Surname

961,438th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 271 people bear this surname

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

Sights Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sights Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2671:1,357,52494,287
Guatemala21:8,041,3349,698
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1461:343,96426,445

Sights Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sights is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Sights.

How Common Is The Last Name Sights? popularity and diffusion

Sights is the 961,438th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,891,313 people. The surname Sights occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Sights reside; 95 percent reside in North America and 95 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 267 people, or 1 in 1,357,524. In The United States Sights is mostly found in: Kentucky, where 17 percent reside, Missouri, where 15 percent reside and California, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Guatemala, where 1 percent reside and Australia, where 0 percent reside.

Sights Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Sights has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sights last name expanded 183 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sights Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Sights are 9.48% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.25% being registered to vote for the party.

Sights earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.03% less than the national average, earning $40,979 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Seights921/
Sight9185/
Sheights860/
Seight837/
Saight832/
Scight832/
Sikght831/
Sighet831/
Shight831/
Seghts830/
Sieght830/
Sigets830/
Sighete7793/
Sheight771/
Shighte771/
Shoight770/
Shieght770/
Shaight770/
Siget73263/
Sighd735/
Zight731/
Cight731/
Sigetshe711/
Saiget67165/
Soiget675/
Sigeth671/
Sigget670/

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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 Sights
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