Spight Surname
Approximately 1,082 people bear this surname
Spight Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 994 | 1:364,647 | 32,446 |
| England | 66 | 1:844,213 | 44,691 |
| Australia | 14 | 1:1,928,264 | 88,951 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 95 | 1:256,583 | 18,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 161 | 1:311,917 | 24,534 |
Spight Demographics
Average Spight Salary in
United States
$36,419 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Spight Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Spight Come From? nationality or country of origin
Spight occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Spight? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 339,783rd most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 6,735,255 people. Spight occurs mostly in The Americas, where 92 percent of Spight live; 92 percent live in North America and 92 percent live in Anglo-North America.
Spight is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 994 people, or 1 in 364,647. In The United States Spight is most prevalent in: Mississippi, where 16 percent reside, Missouri, where 14 percent reside and Tennessee, where 13 percent reside. Outside of The United States it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 6 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.
Spight Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Spight has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Spight last name increased 617 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 31 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Spight Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Spight surname are 0.76000000000001% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 53.99% being registered with the political party.
Spight earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 15.6% less than the national average, earning $36,419 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speight | 92 | 12,984 | / |
| Spaight | 92 | 450 | / |
| Spights | 92 | 26 | / |
| Spieght | 92 | 5 | / |
| Spuight | 92 | 0 | / |
| Spighte | 92 | 0 | / |
| Speights | 86 | 3,972 | / |
| Spaights | 86 | 73 | / |
| Speighth | 86 | 1 | / |
| Speighte | 86 | 1 | / |
| Speght | 83 | 4 | / |
| Spught | 83 | 0 | / |
| Spighh | 83 | 0 | / |
| Speightss | 80 | 1 | / |
| Speighs | 77 | 2 | / |
| Spighch | 77 | 1 | / |
| Speighd | 77 | 1 | / |
| Speghts | 77 | 1 | / |
| Speaght | 77 | 0 | / |
| Speiget | 77 | 0 | / |
| Spaige | 67 | 0 | / |
| Spix | 60 | 656 | / |
| Spikx | 55 | 0 | / |
| Spegd | 55 | 0 | / |
| Speage | 50 | 2 | / |
| Speege | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Spight
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