Spights Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

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

Spights Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Spights Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:13,940,728505,428
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States221:2,282,667111,005

Spights Last Name Facts

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

Spights is found most in The United States. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Spights.

How Common Is The Last Name Spights? popularity and diffusion

The last name Spights is the 3,882,373rd most widespread family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname Spights is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Spights live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 13,940,728. In The United States it is mostly found in: Illinois, where 58 percent live, California, where 23 percent live and Alabama, where 4 percent live.

Spights Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Spights has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Spights last name increased 118 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Spights Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Spights last name are 8.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.56% being registered with the political party.

Spights earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.73% more than the national average, earning $43,894 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Speights933,972/
Spaights9373/
Spieghts935/
Spight921,082/
Speightss881/
Speight8612,984/
Spaight86450/
Spieght865/
Speghts861/
Spighte860/
Spughts860/
Spuight860/
Speighte801/
Speighth801/
Speighcs801/
Speght774/
Spighch711/
Speighd711/
Speaght710/
Speiget710/
Spegd500/

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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 Spights
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