Wainman Surname

220,047th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,857 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Wainman Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the wain man.' a wagoner, a carter. Clemens Hall, wayneman (Liber Bursarii, Eccles. Dunelmensis, Sur. Soc). Wainmen, wagoners (Halliwell).

Henry Wayneman. Valor Ecclesiasticus.

Hugh Wavneman.

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Wainman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England8051:69,2157,996
United States5611:646,09451,847
Canada3461:106,49011,455
South Africa511:1,062,30863,943
Australia431:627,80744,139
Scotland111:486,71119,179
Belgium101:1,149,66482,403
Argentina61:7,123,902190,047
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
France31:22,140,907385,998
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3601:67,7097,695
Scotland61:623,86916,225
Isle of Man51:10,8541,028
Jersey31:17,2942,528
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States831:605,04440,538

Wainman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the wain man.' a wagoner, a carter. Clemens Hall, wayneman (Liber Bursarii, Eccles. Dunelmensis, Sur. Soc). Wainmen, wagoners (Halliwell).

Henry Wayneman. Valor Ecclesiasticus.

Hugh Wavneman. Durham Household Book (Surtees Society).

Thomas Wenman. Calendar of Proceedings in Chancery, temp. Elizabeth I.

Evidently a common term in its day. Wagon = wain, the earlier form; compare Charles's Wain, Wain wright.

Johannes Wayneman, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johannes Wayneman, 1379: ibid.

1583. Thomas Wenman, Gloucestershire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1587. Ferdinand Wainman, or Waynman, Buckinghamshire: ibid.

1604. Baptised — Elizabeth, d. Syr Ferdinando Wenman: St. Peter, Cornhill.

Married — Mark Wainman and Harriott Potts: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) Wagoner, Carter [Old English wæ(g)n, a wagon, cart + man(n] Johannes Wayneman.-—Yorks Poll-Tax, A.D. 1379.

No carrier with any horse, nor waggoner, carter, nor waine-man, with any waggon, cart, or waine ... —Dalton, Countrey Justice, A.D. 1620; T. Wright.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

The driver of a wain or wagon.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Wainman Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wainman is held by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wainman? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 220,047th most commonly held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 3,924,365 people. The last name Wainman is mostly found in The Americas, where 49 percent of Wainman are found; 49 percent are found in North America and 49 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name Wainman is most frequently held in England, where it is borne by 805 people, or 1 in 69,215. In England Wainman is primarily concentrated in: East Riding of Yorkshire, where 21 percent are found, West Yorkshire, where 20 percent are found and Lancashire, where 6 percent are found. Other than England this last name occurs in 19 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 30 percent are found and Canada, where 19 percent are found.

Wainman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wainman has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Wainman last name increased 224 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 676 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 183 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wainman Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wainman last name are 27.86% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 74.63% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Wainman earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 301.56% more than the national average, earning R 954,264 per year; in United States they earn 1.9% less than the national average, earning $42,329 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.16% more than the national average, earning $50,755 CAD per year.

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