The Wright surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 440,367 people carried this name — #34 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 613 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 242 people named Wright.
Most of them — 145 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
84 people named Wright have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 247 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 14 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lesser Poland.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In print
Wright in American newspapers,
1904–1935.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,787,128 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Wright,
with a public archive behind them.
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James Wright 1716–1785 · lawyer -
Benjamin Wright 1770–1842 · judge -
Benjamin D. Wright 1799–1874 · judge -
Martha Coffin Wright 1806–1875 · suffragist -
Thomas Wright 1810–1877 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 205 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Wright.
- Wos 464 · U.S. census
- Wourms 165 · U.S. census
- Wouters 366 · U.S. census
- Wozniak 8,563 · U.S. census
- Woznica 112 · U.S. census
- Wozny 957 · U.S. census
- Wrobel 4,246 · U.S. census
- Wroblewski 4,602 · U.S. census
- Wrona 1,327 · U.S. census
- Wronski 784 · U.S. census
- Wu 45,815 · U.S. census
- Wucher 183 · U.S. census
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