Speights Surname

116,126th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,972 people bear this surname

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

Speights Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Speights Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,9541:91,66910,306
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
England11:55,718,059489,080
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3201:156,93314,423

Speights (11) may also be a first name.

Speights Last Name Facts

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

The last name Speights occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Speights? popularity and diffusion

The surname Speights is the 116,126th most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,834,730 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Speights are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 100 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Speights is also the 3,487,849th most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 11 people.

The surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 3,954 people, or 1 in 91,669. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 14 percent reside, Florida, where 12 percent reside and Mississippi, where 10 percent reside. Barring The United States this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 0 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 percent reside.

Speights Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Speights has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 1,236 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Speights Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Speights last name are 0.3% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 53.53% registered to vote for the party.

Speights earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 11.2% less than the national average, earning $38,317 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Speightss941/
Speight9312,984/
Spights9326/
Speghts931/
Spaights8873/
Spieghts885/
Speuight881/
Speighth881/
Speighte881/
Speighcs881/
Speieght880/
Spight861,082/
Speght864/
Spaight80450/
Spieght805/
Speighd801/
Spuight800/
Speaght800/
Speiget800/
Spighte800/
Spaght7158/
Spighch671/
Spought670/
Spegd620/

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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 Speights
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