Wright

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Wright is an occupational surname originating in England and Scotland. The term 'Wright' comes from the circa 700 AD Old English word wryhta or wyrhta, meaning "worker or shaper of wood". Later, the word referred to any occupational worker and came to be used as a surname.

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Has list: list of people with the family name Wright
Different from: Wright criterion used: family name has to use a different item than disambiguation page
Q11346408 criterion used: family name has to use a different item than disambiguation page
Native label: Wright
Script: Latin script
Soundex: W623
Cologne phonetics: 3742
Caverphone: RT1111
RT11111111
Said to be the same as: von Wright
Language: English
Attested in: Finnish Population Information System

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