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The BRIGHTON surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,326 19007 0 5
United States (1880 census) 334 13171 0.001 7
Change since 1880 +992 -5836 +N/A -2
Other Countries
Australia 307 5092 0.002 19
United Kingdom 1,373 4041 0.003 30
Top States for BRIGHTON by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Michigan 245 5164 0.002 25
California 103 23202 0.000 3
Washington 78 9542 0.001 13
Florida 65 25406 0.000 4
Iowa 64 7356 0.002 22
Top States for BRIGHTON by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Idaho 40 4798 0.003 31
Michigan 245 5164 0.002 25
Iowa 64 7356 0.002 22
Utah 48 5214 0.002 21
New Hampshire 22 7327 0.002 18

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called BRIGHTON live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called BRIGHTON represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called BRIGHTON in Michigan than any other state, but you are more likely to find a BRIGHTON by picking someone at random in Idaho than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of BRIGHTON

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the BRIGHTON surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the BRIGHTON surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of BRIGHTON in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 110 8.3
Mixed Race 13 0.98
White (Hispanic) 12 0.9
White (Caucasian) 1,186 89.44
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the BRIGHTON surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of BRIGHTON in historical publications

(origin: Local) A town on the coast of Sussex, England, anciently called Brightelmstone, from Brithelm, i. e., bright helmet, who was bishop of Bath and Wells, about the year 955. The bright town.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


Similar names to BRIGHTON

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as BRIGHTON.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for BRIGHTON

The following words are slight variants of BRIGHTON that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.