Distribution of the name 'Wright'
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Geographical distribution of the name 'Wright' in the UK
Statistics: Figures on the surname 'Wright'
In the UK there are 33.514 phone book entries with the surname Wright and approximately 145.951 persons with this name.
Thus, the surname Wright is the 24. most frequent name in the UK.
People with this surname live in 71 counties. Most occurrences are in West Yorkshire: 2.400.
Other counties with lots of occurrences are Greater London (2.344), Lancashire (1.678), West Midlands (1.413), Central (1.229), Greater Manchester (1.070), Essex (977), Hampshire (912), Hereford and Worcester (900), as well as Kent (895).
The following surnames sound like Wright: Wraight, Wrest, Workout, Wriqht, Wreghitt, Wrist, Wearside, Worskett, Wrighte, Wraighte, Wrigt, Wrought, Wrght, Wrightway, Wrwight, Wersta, Wrigkt, Worksthe, Worst, Wreggitt, Wraght, Wwright, Worsdeh, Wearset, Warskett, Warseada, Wirecut, Wurst, Worskitt, Warskitt.
The distribution of the name 'Wright' in other countries
Occurrence of the name Wright in the counties
| West Yorkshire - The surname Wright is is the 18. most common name - 2.400 persons |
| Greater London - The surname Wright is is the 24. most common name - 2.344 persons |
| Lancashire - The surname Wright is is the 22. most common name - 1.678 persons |
| West Midlands - The surname Wright is is the 31. most common name - 1.413 persons |
| Central - The surname Wright is is the 71. most common name - 1.229 persons |
| Greater Manchester - The surname Wright is is the 33. most common name - 1.070 persons |
| Essex - The surname Wright is is the 15. most common name - 977 persons |
| Hampshire - The surname Wright is is the 29. most common name - 912 persons |
| Hereford and Worcester - The surname Wright is is the 29. most common name - 900 persons |
| Kent - The surname Wright is is the 31. most common name - 895 persons |
| Cambridgeshire - The surname Wright is the 7. most common name - 861 persons |
| Cheshire - The surname Wright is the 17. most common name - 818 persons |
| Merseyside - The surname Wright is the 20. most common name - 806 persons |
| Suffolk - The surname Wright is the 5. most common name - 790 persons |
| Gloucestershire - The surname Wright is the 35. most common name - 774 persons |
| Staffordshire - The surname Wright is the 14. most common name - 732 persons |
| Lincolnshire - The surname Wright is the 9. most common name - 694 persons |
| North Yorkshire - The surname Wright is the 22. most common name - 688 persons |
| South Yorkshire - The surname Wright is the 17. most common name - 671 persons |
| Northamptonshire - The surname Wright is the 6. most common name - 658 persons |
| Surrey - The surname Wright is the 25. most common name - 646 persons |
| Derbyshire - The surname Wright is the 28. most common name - 616 persons |
| Nottinghamshire - The surname Wright is the 9. most common name - 593 persons |
| Hertfordshire - The surname Wright is the 23. most common name - 587 persons |
| Dorset - The surname Wright is the 27. most common name - 564 persons |
| Tyne and Wear - The surname Wright is the 41. most common name - 562 persons |
| Norfolk - The surname Wright is the 3. most common name - 524 persons |
| East Sussex - The surname Wright is the 60. most common name - 474 persons |
| Cleveland - The surname Wright is the 18. most common name - 458 persons |
| Lothian - The surname Wright is the 69. most common name - 444 persons |
| Northumberland - The surname Wright is is the 24. most common name - 440 persons |
| Clwyd - The surname Wright is is the 28. most common name - 377 persons |
| Warwickshire - The surname Wright is is the 13. most common name - 359 persons |
| Durham - The surname Wright is is the 20. most common name - 357 persons |
| Bedfordshire - The surname Wright is is the 14. most common name - 348 persons |
| Devon - The surname Wright is is the 42. most common name - 348 persons |
| Strathclyde - The surname Wright is is the 120. most common name - 346 persons |
| Berkshire - The surname Wright is is the 57. most common name - 324 persons |
| Fife - The surname Wright is is the 82. most common name - 298 persons |
| Wiltshire - The surname Wright is is the 55. most common name - 292 persons |
| Somerset - The surname Wright is is the 45. most common name - 271 persons |
| Tayside - The surname Wright is is the 104. most common name - 265 persons |
| Shropshire - The surname Wright is is the 37. most common name - 262 persons |
| Oxfordshire - The surname Wright is is the 37. most common name - 236 persons |
| Grampian - The surname Wright is is the 88. most common name - 226 persons |
| County Antrim - The surname Wright is is the 72. most common name - 208 persons |
| Buckinghamshire - The surname Wright is is the 14. most common name - 193 persons |
| Gwent - The surname Wright is is the 77. most common name - 161 persons |
| Gwynedd - The surname Wright is is the 37. most common name - 139 persons |
| Dyfed - The surname Wright is is the 71. most common name - 135 persons |
| West Sussex - The surname Wright is is the 82. most common name - 125 persons |
| County Down - The surname Wright is is the 62. most common name - 125 persons |
| Dumfries and Galloway - The surname Wright is is the 42. most common name - 125 persons |
| West Glamorgan - The surname Wright is is the 103. most common name - 124 persons |
| Leicestershire - The surname Wright is is the 10. most common name - 122 persons |
| Isle of Wight - The surname Wright is is the 20. most common name - 117 persons |
| Cumbria - The surname Wright is is the 35. most common name - 61 persons |
| Highland - The surname Wright is is the 125. most common name - 51 persons |
| Cornwall - The surname Wright is is the 100. most common name - 44 persons |
| Humberside - The surname Wright is is the 7. most common name - 40 persons |
| Isle of Man - The surname Wright is is the 10. most common name - 37 persons |
| County Tyrone - The surname Wright is is the 81. most common name - 36 persons |
| Powys - The surname Wright is is the 94. most common name - 33 persons |
| County Londonderry - The surname Wright is is the 172. most common name - 26 persons |
| Mid Glamorgan - The surname Wright is is the 105. most common name - 24 persons |
| Borders - The surname Wright is is the 127. most common name - 23 persons |
| Avon - The surname Wright is is the 110. most common name - 15 persons |
| County Armagh - The surname Wright is is the 49. most common name - 9 persons |
| Fermanagh - The surname Wright is is the 352. most common name - 8 persons |
| South Glamorgan - The surname Wright is is the 431. most common name - 5 persons |
| Western Isles - The surname Wright is is the 599. most common name - 1 person |
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