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

The last name Wrights is most common in The United States. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

This last name is the 621,618^th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 14,752,117 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 89 percent of Wrights reside; 68 percent reside in North America and 68 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,306,491^st most frequent given name world-wide, borne by 12 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 342 people, or 1 in 1,059,821. In The United States it is most prevalent in: North Carolina, where 18 percent live, Pennsylvania, where 14 percent live and New York, where 7 percent live. Other than The United States it exists in 17 countries. It is also common in Honduras, where 9 percent live and Guyana, where 7 percent live.

Wrights Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Wrights has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 417 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it decreased 6 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 467 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Wrights Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly 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% being registered to vote for the political 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.