Last Name BRIGHTWELL

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: Of Brightwell, a parish in county Berks, near Wallingford; also a parish in county Suffolk, mear Ipswich.
Origin English, Irish, Maori

Rank 11,781 (2000 US census) 22,427 (1990 US census)
Count 2,435 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 80.53%, or 1961 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 15.44%, or 376 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.44%, or 35 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.97%, or 48 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Shortest last names

 The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...

Longest baby names

 The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

Scottish surnames

 Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...

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