Brighton Family History
Brighton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Breighton in East Yorkshire, on the
river Derwent. This place is named with Old English beorht
‘bright’ or an unattested personal name Beohta + tun
‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. The surname is unlikely to derive from
Brighton in Sussex, which was known as Brighthelmestone until
the end of the 18th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Brighton Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Brighton families
 21 - 39  8 - 20 |
 1 - 7  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Brighton families
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157 - 312 53 - 156 |
1 - 52 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Brighton families
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11 - 20 4 - 10 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Brighton census records
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Brighton Family Origin
Brighton Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Brighton
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Brighton Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Brighton Civil War Service Records
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