Last Name BRIGHT

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Meaning The son of Bricht. 'Bright,' county Suffolk is found as a suffix in Albrecht (now Albert, and as a surname Allbright), or as an afflix in Brightwen, and such early personal names as Brichtfrid, Brichtmar, Brichtric, or Brichtstar that all mean bright, clear, shaining, flaming.
Origin English, Native American, Irish, South african

Rank 992 (2000 US census) 915 (1990 US census)
Count 32,042 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 73.21%, or 23458 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 22.33%, or 7155 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.72%, or 231 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.62%, or 199 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.67%, or 535 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.44%, or 461 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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