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Wright

in Alabama

There are 9,201 people with the last name "Wright" in Alabama.

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Ranking in Alabama

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Wright 30
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  1. is 26th most common Green
  2. is 27th most common Lewis
  3. is 28th most common Phillips
  4. is 29th most common Allen
  5. is 30th most common Wright
  6. is 31st most common Clark
  7. is 32nd most common Anderson
  8. is 33rd most common Adams
  9. is 34th most common Scott

Most Common First Names for Wright

James, Robert, William, John, David, Mary, Charles, Willie, Donald, Michael

Meaning & History

English, Scottish, and northern Irish: occupational name for a maker of machinery, mostly in wood, of any of a wide range of kinds, from Old English wyrhta, wryhta ‘craftsman’ (a derivative of wyrcan ‘to work or make’). The term is found in various combinations (for example, Cartwright and Wainwright), but when used in isolation it generally referred to a builder of windmills or watermills.

Common New England Americanized form of French Le Droit, a nickname for an upright person, a man of probity, from Old French droit ‘right’, in which there has been confusion between the homophones right and wright.

Recent Searches for "Wright" in Alabama

Since June 2009
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James Wright, AL (98 searches)
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