Wrights Surname

621,618th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 494 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Cayman Islands

Wrights Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wrights Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3421:1,059,82177,412
Honduras431:205,0342,280
Guyana331:23,0982,756
Nicaragua181:334,5053,129
England151:3,714,537119,675
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Cayman Islands91:7,099820
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England161:1,523,46151,234
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States821:612,42340,920

Wrights (12) may also be a first name.

Wrights Last Name Facts

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 621,618th 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 3,306,491st 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.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wrightss933/
Wrightes930/
Rights9220/
Brights8647/
Raights864/
Reights863/
Wrightc862/
Rightus862/
Rightes860/
Writs832/
Wrighteous822/
Rightous803/
Wright-Easy781/
Writes7726/
Writis771/
Raihts771/
Righteous75241/
Rightious7516/
Rightwise750/
Wright-Hayes741/
Rits731,064/
Rhts731/
Righteouss711/
Wright-Hughes707/
Rites671,130/
Ritts67983/
Ritsi67868/
Ritas67638/
Ritos67277/
Ritis67249/
Writz67248/
Ritse67172/
Ritus67140/
Raits67130/
Reits67118/
Ritso6750/
Rahts6746/
Roits6737/
Ritsa6737/
Riets6711/
Riots678/
Ritsu678/
Rhtas676/
Ruits672/
Rohts672/
Wørts672/
Röhts671/
Ritys671/
Rijts671/
Wrtis671/
Hrits671/
Wrets670/
Brighch571/
Vreighech503/

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Wrights Reference & Research

Wright DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Wright FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Wrights
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis