# Wight (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/wight/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,904 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,863 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 62,958 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.9% (4,862 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Scottish and English surname, from the noun wight.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Wight in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Wight in the United States and Australia.

## People named Wight

- Paul Wight, American professional wrestler and actor
- David Wight, American rower
- William Franklin Wight, American botanist (1874-1954)
- Rohan Wight, Australian cyclist

## Similar surnames

Witt, Weight, West, Wescott, Wiest, Weist, Wuest.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.