Wages Surname

81,869th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,927 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

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.

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Wages Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,8311:62,1617,281
Germany511:1,578,53893,812
England91:6,190,895170,599
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
Panama31:1,304,08613,647
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7091:70,8307,623

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.

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Wages Last Name Facts

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

Wages (Marathi: नागेस) is most common in The United States. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Wages.

How Common Is The Last Name Wages? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wages is the 81,869th most commonly held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,229,551 people. Wages occurs mostly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Wages are found; 97 percent are found in North America and 97 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Wages is also the 968,397th most widespread first name at a global level It is held by 96 people.

The last name Wages is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 5,831 people, or 1 in 62,161. In The United States it is most frequent in: Georgia, where 23 percent live, Texas, where 12 percent live and Arkansas, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account The United States Wages 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 frequency of Wages has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held 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 Wages are 23.46% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 70.23% 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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wadges913/
Wagges912/
Waiges911/
Wagesh911/
Wagese911/
Weages910/
Wasgues831/
Wageesh831/
Bages801,451/
Wagis8094/
Vages8081/
Weges8051/
Wiges8042/
Wajes8017/
Wases8012/
Wazes801/
Wagez801/
Woges800/
Baiges73868/
Witges73119/
Waguis73104/
Vagues7360/
Bagesh7353/
Wagist7341/
Vagges7340/
Vanges7333/
Bauges7326/
Vagesh7325/
Badges7323/
Wigges7313/
Wagish7312/
Bayges7312/
Wogese735/
Wogues735/
Vaghes734/
Wazees733/
Bagges732/
Vauges732/
Weghes731/
Bagess731/
Widges731/
Vagies731/
Vagees731/
Watces731/
Waseus731/
Wegesh731/
Weazes731/
Wagice731/
Wagetz731/
Waggis731/
Waises731/
Wajesh731/
Wagech731/
Vaiges731/
Bagees731/
Beages731/
Waghez731/
Waigez731/
Baages730/
Weiges730/
Veages730/
Baugess67240/
Wattjes67200/
Wittges6764/
Waszgis6761/
Waigise6758/
Wajeesh6752/
Boyages6733/
Waatjes6727/
Weinges6721/
Vageesh6717/
Vasgues6715/
Baggess679/
Vaugues678/
Baggesø674/
Vaggees673/
Baughes672/
Vaughes672/
Badgesh671/
Vaggese671/
Baagesh671/
Woggess671/
Wiggies671/
Uangies671/
Baadges671/
Vaghesh671/
Vagiesh671/
Vaigesh671/
Bageesh671/
Baidges671/
Vaggess671/
Wadjese671/
Wangisz671/
Waceeys671/
Wajjese671/
Huaghes670/
Veagies670/
Baggesh670/

Wages Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Wages in the Marathi language
नागेसnagesa-

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Footnotes

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