Wheat Surname

31,319th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17,053 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Iceland

Wheat Surname Definition:

(English) White, Fair [O.E hwít]

Wheat Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States13,9621:25,9603,263
England1,5131:36,8264,820
Iran8431:91,0829,132
Australia3011:89,68710,310
Canada1761:209,35020,314
New Zealand521:87,08312,256
Wales431:71,9666,223
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
Scotland361:148,7178,826
Iceland231:16,5261,395
China131:105,178,5825,529
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Afghanistan51:6,430,63727,710
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
France11:66,422,722504,397
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6971:34,9724,578
Wales61:261,4039,165
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,8601:17,5592,238

Wheat (84) may also be a first name.

Wheat Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) White, Fair [O.E hwít]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) The light-complexioned or white-haired man; a variant of Waite, q.v.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

The word wheat is found in composition of several local names. As a surname it may be a corruption of White, or perhaps the same as Witt.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Wheat Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wheat Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Wheat occurs most in The United States. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wheat? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 31,319th most commonly used family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 427,347 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 81 percent of Wheat live; 80 percent live in North America and 80 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,046,220th most widely held forename worldwide. It is borne by 84 people.

The surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 13,962 people, or 1 in 25,960. In The United States Wheat is primarily found in: Texas, where 14 percent are found, California, where 9 percent are found and Georgia, where 7 percent are found. Other than The United States this surname is found in 38 countries. It is also common in England, where 9 percent are found and Iran, where 5 percent are found.

Wheat Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wheat has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wheat last name grew 488 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 217 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 717 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wheat Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wheat surname are 19.06% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 65.83% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Wheat earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 47.57% less than the national average, earning R 124,596 per year; in United States they earn 1.17% less than the national average, earning $42,646 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.86% less than the national average, earning $45,776 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wheate91249/
Wheatt9153/
Vwheat912/
Weheat911/
Wheath910/
Wheeat910/
Wwheat910/
What89274/
Weat8946/
Whet8933/
Wheatte8320/
Wheatts831/
Wheet80442/
Whait80354/
Weate80320/
Wahat80210/
Whatt80121/
Whate80110/
Whiet8015/
Weath8014/
Weyat8013/
Whete8010/
Whett8010/
Weats804/
Wheit804/
Hweat804/
Whead803/
Wheth802/
Weatt801/
Whets801/
Wejat801/
Whaat801/
Weiat801/
Whaht801/
Whast801/
Wjhat801/
Wat7512,425/
Wet751,299/
Wahyat73216/
Whatts73105/
Wohead7395/
Wahast7354/
Wajhat7341/
Wahatt7330/
Whetts7322/
Wheitz7310/
Weyatt737/
Weiatt737/
Weatte735/
Whatte734/
Weathe734/
Weatts734/
Wheist732/
Whaitz732/
Whaytt732/
Weateh732/
Weacht731/
Weastt731/
Weatch731/
Whayat731/
Whiedt731/
Whiett731/
Wejatt731/
Vaheat731/
Wheyte731/
Whaths731/
Waahat731/
Wahajt731/
Weyath730/
Vheats730/
Wheute730/
Wheite730/
Weihat730/
Wheith730/
Whette730/
Wheets730/
Wahath730/
Whatch730/
Watt6777,794/
Huet6735,862/
Wate6721,601/
Huat6711,232/
Wait679,216/
Wete675,922/
Wadt671,743/
Beat671,656/
Wayt671,201/
Weit671,052/
Whit671,022/
Wath67992/
Hwat67855/
Wett67561/
Wead67492/
Weht67443/
Wiet67306/
Weet67164/
Whed67155/
Waat6772/
Wuat6758/
Hvat6756/
Waut6750/
Wjht6746/
Wejt6738/
Wajt6731/
Vwat6721/
Whyt6720/
Vwet6714/
Weut6711/
Hbat6711/
Waht679/
Whad679/
Wuet677/
Vhat676/
Wahajat676/
Wedt674/
Veat673/
Whatthe673/
Wiht673/
Watd673/
Hvet673/
Hwet673/
Hbet673/
Woohead672/
Weyt672/
Whjt672/
Wyht671/
Whayatt671/
Vhet671/
Waheedt671/
Wahahat671/
D'Weast671/
Hweateh671/
Whaitts671/
Wjaahat671/

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