Waggoner Surname

24,962nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21,613 people bear this surname

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

Waggoner Surname Definition:

(Teutonic) Wagoner [a comp. late formation (with English agential suff. -er) on Dutch wagen, a wagon] In ‘Titus Andronicus’, V. ii. 48, waggoner is used in the sense of ‘charioteer’.

Bardsley pertinently notes that ‘James Waggoner’ was baptized at the Dutch Church, London, in 1610.

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Waggoner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21,3381:16,9872,143
Canada1511:244,01123,241
Germany251:3,220,218147,383
England171:3,277,533109,658
Philippines111:9,203,475207,772
Guam81:20,0153,029
United States Virgin Islands71:15,7682,111
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
France71:9,488,960336,266
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
China41:341,830,39216,990
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,4871:11,1921,458

Waggoner (42) may also be a first name.

Waggoner Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Teutonic) Wagoner [a comp. late formation (with English agential suff. -er) on Dutch wagen, a wagon] In ‘Titus Andronicus’, V. ii. 48, waggoner is used in the sense of ‘charioteer’.

Bardsley pertinently notes that ‘James Waggoner’ was baptized at the Dutch Church, London, in 1610.

Cp. Wainer.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English, German) Driver of a wagon; one who made wagons, a cartwright.

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

User-submitted Reference

Geman: Wagner is derived from the Germanic surname, Waganari, meaning 'wagon maker' or 'wagon driver'.

English: occupational name for a carter, from an agent derivative of Old English wagen 'cart', 'wagon'.

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Waggoner Last Name Facts

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

The surname Waggoner is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Waggoner? popularity and diffusion

Waggoner is the 24,962nd most frequently occurring family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 337,183 people. The last name Waggoner occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Waggoner reside; 99 percent reside in North America and 99 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,566,439th most numerous forename on earth. It is borne by 42 people.

The surname Waggoner is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 21,338 people, or 1 in 16,987. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 13 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Missouri, where 6 percent live. Apart from The United States this last name exists in 34 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 1 percent live and Germany, where 0 percent live.

Waggoner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Waggoner has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Waggoner surname increased 476 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 850 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Waggoner Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Waggoner surname are 20.24% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 67.01% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Waggoner earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 1.21% more than the national average, earning $43,673 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.15% more than the national average, earning $52,242 CAD per year.

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Waggoner Reference & Research

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