Wrightley Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Wrightley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wrightley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Wrightley Last Name Facts

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

Wrightley occurs more in Canada more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wrightley? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,117,718th most frequent surname on earth, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 86 percent of Wrightley reside; 86 percent reside in North America and 86 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname Wrightley is most frequently used in Canada, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 7,369,118. In Canada it is most frequent in: Ontario, where 100 percent reside. Beside Canada Wrightley occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 14 percent reside and The United States, where 14 percent reside.

Wrightley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wrightley has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wrightley last name fell 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Wrightley
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