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Wright

in the US

There are 317,063 people with the last name "Wright" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Wright 32
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  1. is 28th most common Allen
  2. is 29th most common Young
  3. is 30th most common Lopez
  4. is 31st most common King
  5. is 32nd most common Wright
  6. is 33rd most common Gonzalez
  7. is 34th most common Scott
  8. is 35th most common Nelson
  9. is 36th most common Adams

Most Common First Names for Wright

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

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 the US

Since June 2009
131,416

Most Popular Search

James Wright (3,035 searches)
Source: Current searches and listings for US adults on WhitePages. (nv3)

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