Wright-Walker Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jamaica
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Wright-Walker Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Wright & Walker.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wright-Walker Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jamaica111:260,9046,695
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
England11:55,718,059489,080

Wright-Walker Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wright-Walker Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Wright-Walker is carried by more people in Jamaica than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wright-Walker? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wright-Walker is the 4,772,636th most widely held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 94 percent of Wright-Walker live; 65 percent live in Caribbean and 65 percent live in Anglo-Caribbean.

This last name is most frequently held in Jamaica, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 260,904. In Jamaica Wright-Walker is most frequent in: Cornwall County, where 82 percent live, Middlesex County, where 9 percent live and Surrey County, where 9 percent live. Beside Jamaica it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent live and England, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wright Walker923/
Reid-Walker756/
Rootwalker701/
Reed-Walker677/
Reda-Walker671/
Redd-Walker671/

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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 Wright-Walker
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