Straight Surname
Approximately 5,986 people bear this surname
Straight Surname Definition:
Erect in person.
Straight Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,532 | 1:65,520 | 7,646 |
| Canada | 170 | 1:216,739 | 20,919 |
| England | 122 | 1:456,705 | 30,074 |
| New Zealand | 86 | 1:52,655 | 8,408 |
| Australia | 31 | 1:870,829 | 53,581 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,107,467 | 26,093 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 105 | 1:232,146 | 17,394 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,244 | 1:40,369 | 4,743 |
Straight (62) may also be a first name.
Straight Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Erect in person.
Straight Demographics
Average Straight Salary in
United States
$41,589 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Straight Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Straight Come From? nationality or country of origin
Straight is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Straight? popularity and diffusion
The last name Straight is the 81,204th most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,217,432 people. The last name Straight is mostly found in The Americas, where 95 percent of Straight are found; 95 percent are found in North America and 95 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,246,114th most widely held forename internationally, borne by 62 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 5,532 people, or 1 in 65,520. In The United States Straight is mostly concentrated in: Ohio, where 9 percent reside, New York, where 7 percent reside and California, where 6 percent reside. Beside The United States Straight is found in 29 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 3 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.
Straight Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Straight has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Straight last name grew 445 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 116 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Straight Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Straight last name are 13.42% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.19% registered with the political party.
The amount Straight earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 3.62% less than the national average, earning $41,589 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.67% more than the national average, earning $60,449 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Straights | 94 | 5 | / |
| Stright | 93 | 493 | / |
| Straght | 93 | 0 | / |
| Streight | 88 | 736 | / |
| Straught | 88 | 2 | / |
| Stroight | 88 | 0 | / |
| Straghts | 88 | 0 | / |
| Strighte | 88 | 0 | / |
| Strieght | 88 | 0 | / |
| Straughte | 82 | 2 | / |
| Streihght | 82 | 1 | / |
| Streights | 82 | 0 | / |
| Strought | 75 | 16 | / |
| Straughs | 75 | 2 | / |
| Straughe | 75 | 0 | / |
| Stroughte | 71 | 1 | / |
| Striggy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Strigds | 67 | 2 | / |
| Strachx | 67 | 1 | / |
| Stroughd | 63 | 0 | / |
| Strix | 62 | 378 | / |
| Strax | 62 | 30 | / |
| Stryghova | 59 | 1 | / |
| Shtrax | 57 | 21 | / |
| Strikx | 57 | 1 | / |
| Strackx | 53 | 172 | / |
| Strickx | 53 | 104 | / |
| Streege | 53 | 21 | / |
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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
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Straight
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