Wrightham Surname

2,436,415th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 62 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Wrightham Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wrightham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England581:960,65648,451
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340

Wrightham Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wrightham is found in England more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Wrightham click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wrightham? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,436,415th most common family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Wrightham live; 95 percent live in Northern Europe and 95 percent live in British Isles.

The surname Wrightham is most frequently occurring in England, where it is held by 58 people, or 1 in 960,656. In England it is most frequent in: Lincolnshire, where 52 percent are found, East Riding of Yorkshire, where 19 percent are found and South Yorkshire, where 10 percent are found. Besides England this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent are found and New Zealand, where 2 percent are found.

Wrightham Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wrightham has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Wrightham surname increased 580 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wrightam9464/
Brightham890/
Wreightam890/
Wrightm885/
Writham880/
Riahtham821/
Brightam821/
Ritham8013/
Rihtam806/
Wright Em781/
Riahtam75927/
Wretham75249/
Rihtamo7520/
Rhytham755/
Raitham755/
Riehtam751/
Rightma750/
Roitham750/
Wrotham750/
Ritam71255/
Rawitham7122/
Rithamma716/
Brightom712/
Wright-Mayo701/
Wright Maia701/
Wright-Emme701/
Rutham67281/
Ratham67223/
Rihtim6787/
Rotham6779/
Ritama6744/
Ritami6737/
Ridham6726/
Riatam6721/
Rai Thami6717/
Ritamo679/
Raitam677/
Rittam676/
Rithom674/
Rahtam674/
Retham674/
Ritdam672/
Rituam671/
Rijtam671/
Riutam671/
Hrithamma671/
Wrighttommie671/
Rehtam671/
Rytham671/

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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
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  • 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 Wrightham
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