Wrighty Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Wrighty Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wrighty Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:7,959,723202,100
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Wrighty (10) may also be a first name.

Wrighty Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wrighty occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wrighty? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,587,209th most frequently held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 58 percent of Wrighty reside; 58 percent reside in Northern Europe and 58 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 10 people.

This last name is most widely held in England, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 7,959,723. In England Wrighty is primarily concentrated in: Cambridgeshire, where 14 percent are found, Lancashire, where 14 percent are found and Oxfordshire, where 14 percent are found. Barring England Wrighty is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 17 percent are found and Nigeria, where 17 percent are found.

Wrighty Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wrighty has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Wrighty surname expanded 350 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wrighthay881/
Wrighte8643/
Wrighta861/
Wrighté861/
Brightey80108/
Wraighte8022/
Wrightii804/
Wrightes800/
Whrighter753/
Brighttey751/
Wryghte719/
Brighte714/
Wrighthead712/
Brightai672/
Brightii671/

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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 Wrighty
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