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Wright

in Pennsylvania

There are 10,314 people with the last name "Wright" in Pennsylvania.

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Ranking in Pennsylvania

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Wright 38
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  1. is 34th most common Hall
  2. is 35th most common Green
  3. is 36th most common Wagner
  4. is 37th most common Lee
  5. is 38th most common Wright
  6. is 39th most common Long
  7. is 40th most common Hoffman
  8. is 41st most common Phillips
  9. is 42nd most common Hill

Most Common First Names for Wright

Robert, James, John, William, David, Richard, Michael, Thomas, Charles, Mary

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 Pennsylvania

Since June 2009
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Robert Wright, PA (99 searches)
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