Wages Surname
Approximately 5,927 people bear this surname
Wages Surname User-submission:
According to William C. Wagers (born in the 19th century) that there were 3 Wagers brothers with the last name Wagers that lived in Tennessee. The 3 brothers had a fight over who owned a donkey. The fight ended and the 2 brothers that did not get the donkey changed their last names to Wages and Wagner.
Read More About This SurnameWages Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,831 | 1:62,161 | 7,281 |
| Germany | 51 | 1:1,578,538 | 93,812 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Panama | 3 | 1:1,304,086 | 13,647 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 709 | 1:70,830 | 7,623 |
Wages (96) may also be a first name.
Wages Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
According to William C. Wagers (born in the 19th century) that there were 3 Wagers brothers with the last name Wagers that lived in Tennessee. The 3 brothers had a fight over who owned a donkey. The fight ended and the 2 brothers that did not get the donkey changed their last names to Wages and Wagner.
- strongt2Wages Demographics
Average Wages Salary in
United States
$40,484 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States
Wages Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wages Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wages (Marathi: नागेस) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wages? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 81,869th most prevalent last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,229,551 people. Wages occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Wages live; 97 percent live in North America and 97 percent live in Anglo-North America. Wages is also the 968,397th most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 96 people.
Wages is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 5,831 people, or 1 in 62,161. In The United States Wages is mostly concentrated in: Georgia, where 23 percent live, Texas, where 12 percent live and Arkansas, where 6 percent live. Not including The United States it exists in 19 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Wages Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wages has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wages last name increased 822 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wages Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wages last name are 23.46% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 70.23% being registered to vote for the political party.
Wages earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.18% less than the national average, earning $40,484 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wages Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wages in the Marathi language | ||
| नागेस | nagesa | - |
Search for Another Surname
Wages Reference & Research
Wages FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wages
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis