Surname Checker / Bright
How Common Is the Last Name Bright?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Bright today
36,850
Ranked #1,050 of 162,254 published surnames · 11.28 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 33,281 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
70.47%
Black
23.3%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.86%
Hispanic
2.25%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.