Streight Surname

459,064th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 736 people bear this surname

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

Streight Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Streight Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6271:578,08447,352
Canada731:504,73442,927
Northern Ireland141:131,7887,342
England111:5,065,278148,650
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland321:138,4337,742
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1931:260,20021,388

Streight Last Name Facts

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

The last name Streight has its highest incidence in The United States. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Streight? popularity and diffusion

The last name Streight is the 459,064th most frequently held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 9,901,557 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Streight live; 95 percent live in North America and 95 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Streight is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 627 people, or 1 in 578,084. In The United States it is primarily found in: Ohio, where 15 percent live, Illinois, where 9 percent live and California, where 7 percent live. Outside of The United States it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 10 percent live and Northern Ireland, where 2 percent live.

Streight Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Streight has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 325 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Streight Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Presbyterian (88%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Streight surname are 12.02% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.79% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Streight earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 11.23% less than the national average, earning $38,303 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.84% more than the national average, earning $58,052 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Streihght941/
Streights940/
Stright93493/
Straight885,986/
Stroight880/
Strighte880/
Strieght880/
Straights825/
Straght800/
Strought7516/
Straught752/
Straghts750/
Straughte712/
Stroughte711/
Streege6721/
Striggy672/
Strigds672/
Straughs632/
Straughe630/
Stroughd630/
Strix62378/
Stryghova591/
Strikx571/
Strickx53104/
Streckx533/
Strachx531/

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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 Streight
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