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

The last name Wrightley is most common in Canada. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Wrightley.

How Common Is The Last Name Wrightley? popularity and diffusion

Wrightley is the 7,117,718th most frequently held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Wrightley is primarily found in The Americas, where 86 percent of Wrightley are found; 86 percent are found in North America and 86 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Wrightley is most widely held in Canada, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 7,369,118. In Canada it is most frequent in: Ontario, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Canada Wrightley exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 14 percent are found and The United States, where 14 percent are found.

Wrightley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wrightley has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wrightley surname decreased 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
  • 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 Wrightley
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