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Where Does The Last Name Wrights Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Wrights has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wrights? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 621,618^th most frequent family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 14,752,117 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 89 percent of Wrights live; 68 percent live in North America and 68 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,306,491^st most prevalent first name internationally It is held by 12 people.

The surname Wrights is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 342 people, or 1 in 1,059,821. In The United States Wrights is primarily found in: North Carolina, where 18 percent are found, Pennsylvania, where 14 percent are found and New York, where 7 percent are found. Aside from The United States Wrights exists in 17 countries. It is also found in Honduras, where 9 percent are found and Guyana, where 7 percent are found.

Wrights Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Wrights has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wrights surname grew 417 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 6 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 467 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Wrights Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Wrights last name are 6.93% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 53.7% registered to vote for the party.

Wrights earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 16.02% less than the national average, earning $36,236 USD per year.