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Wright

in the US

There are 364,713 people with the last name "Wright" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Wright 33
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  1. is 29th most common Gonzalez
  2. is 30th most common Young
  3. is 31st most common Allen
  4. is 32nd most common King
  5. is 33rd most common Wright
  6. is 34th most common Nelson
  7. is 35th most common Adams
  8. is 36th most common Scott
  9. is 37th most common Baker

Most Common First Names for Wright

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

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Meaning & History

1. 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.

2. 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.

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Recent Searches for "Wright" in the US

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