Wights Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Wights Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Wights Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wights Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wights is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wights? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wights is the 5,213,395th most commonly held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 93 percent of Wights reside; 93 percent reside in North America and 93 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
The surname Wights is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 27,881,456. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: California, where 85 percent are found, Missouri, where 8 percent are found and Oregon, where 8 percent are found. Outside of The United States this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Russia, where 7 percent are found.
Wights Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wights has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wights surname rose 1,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weights | 92 | 121 | / |
| Waights | 92 | 48 | / |
| Wight | 91 | 15,050 | / |
| Weight | 83 | 4,180 | / |
| Waight | 83 | 2,669 | / |
| Whight | 83 | 459 | / |
| Wieght | 83 | 6 | / |
| Bights | 83 | 4 | / |
| Wighte | 83 | 3 | / |
| Wightt | 83 | 1 | / |
| Woight | 83 | 0 | / |
| Beights | 77 | 226 | / |
| Voights | 77 | 92 | / |
| Veights | 77 | 8 | / |
| Whaight | 77 | 1 | / |
| Waightt | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wayghts | 77 | 0 | / |
| Whighte | 77 | 0 | / |
| Wyght | 73 | 33 | / |
| Vight | 73 | 30 | / |
| Bight | 73 | 26 | / |
| Voight | 67 | 5,270 | / |
| Beight | 67 | 301 | / |
| Veight | 67 | 57 | / |
| Veghts | 67 | 24 | / |
| Vughts | 67 | 10 | / |
| Vaight | 67 | 8 | / |
| Huight | 67 | 8 | / |
| Boight | 67 | 7 | / |
| Vioght | 67 | 5 | / |
| Weiget | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weaght | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weigdt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weighd | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wheght | 67 | 0 | / |
| Baight | 67 | 0 | / |
| Vighte | 67 | 0 | / |
| Vieght | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Wights
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