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 found most in The United States. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wights? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,213,395th most prevalent surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 93 percent of Wights are found; 93 percent are found in North America and 93 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
This surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 27,881,456. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 85 percent live, Missouri, where 8 percent live and Oregon, where 8 percent live. Excluding The United States this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Russia, where 7 percent live.
Wights Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wights has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing 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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis