Wainwright Surname

20,838th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26,189 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Bermuda

Wainwright Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the wainwright,' a wagon-maker, a cartwright. With the instance Wenwright infra, compare Wenman for Wainman.

1568. Edward Waynwright, Magdalene College: Register of the University of Oxford.

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Wainwright Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11,1651:4,990693
United States10,2241:35,4524,428
Australia1,4161:19,0652,640
Canada1,0321:35,7034,552
Wales5481:5,647629
South Africa5031:107,70912,978
Jamaica1931:14,8701,438
New Zealand1871:24,2164,232
Scotland1701:31,4933,187
Thailand1691:417,97873,233
Bermuda821:796128
Germany601:1,341,75884,137
Spain471:994,72437,216
Honduras401:220,4112,340
Northern Ireland351:52,7154,341
Ireland341:138,4986,546
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Switzerland261:315,88124,844
Singapore261:211,83510,313
France221:3,019,215204,848
Jersey151:6,6131,336
Sweden141:703,34052,204
India141:54,790,384527,769
Russia121:12,010,255361,204
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Norway71:734,61250,907
Japan71:18,263,47047,869
Hong Kong71:1,047,9264,985
Belgium51:2,299,329106,824
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Nicaragua51:1,204,2185,298
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Curaçao41:39,312638
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Sri Lanka21:10,404,28018,448
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Ethiopia21:48,773,13129,601
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha11:5,854177
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland171:260,58011,064
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6,1541:3,961569
Wales1741:9,014554
Scotland231:162,7496,621
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3781:36,4434,327

Wainwright (211) may also be a first name.

Wainwright Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the wainwright,' a wagon-maker, a cartwright. With the instance Wenwright infra, compare Wenman for Wainman.

1568. Edward Waynwright, Magdalene College: Register of the University of Oxford.

1577. Baptised — Annes, d. Thomas Wenwright: St. Peter, Cornhill.

1678. — Hanna, d. John Waneright: St. James, Clerkenwell.

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

(English) Wagon - Maker, Cartwright, Wheelwright [Old English wæ(g)n, a wagon, cart, carriage + wyrhta, a wright, maker]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Wagonbuilder” in Old English.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(English) One who made wagons and carts.

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

(A-Sax. waen.) Wain is an old, but nearly obsolete, word for wagon. In Sussex, a shed in which wagons stand is called a wain-house or ' wen-hus,' and in some parts of England a wagoner is called a wain-man, whence the surname Wenman. Nor must we forget the constellation, Charles's Wain. A Wainwright was therefore synonymous with Cartwright and Wheelwright, also English surnames, and signified a builder of wagons.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the Danish, Weinrich; from the German, Wahnrich (?), Weinerich, Weinert, in the Domesday Book, Weniet, Wenric; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Wainwright: a maker of carts or waggons. As a surname spelled Waynwright.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Wainwright Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wainwright occurs more in England more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wainwright? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wainwright is the 20,838th most prevalent family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 278,267 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 47 percent of Wainwright reside; 46 percent reside in Northern Europe and 46 percent reside in British Isles. Wainwright is also the 622,565th most frequently held forename throughout the world, held by 211 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in England, where it is borne by 11,165 people, or 1 in 4,990. In England it is primarily concentrated in: West Yorkshire, where 12 percent live, South Yorkshire, where 9 percent live and Greater London, where 7 percent live. Aside from England Wainwright exists in 71 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 39 percent live and Australia, where 5 percent live.

Wainwright Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wainwright has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname rose 181 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 742 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it rose 315 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 739 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 200 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Wainwright Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Wainwright last name is chiefly Anglican (71%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Wainwright surname are 8.17% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.94% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Wainwright earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 3.74% more than the national average, earning 359,034 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 101.4% more than the national average, earning R 478,608 per year; in United States they earn 0.75% more than the national average, earning $43,474 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.01% more than the national average, earning $52,172 CAD per year.

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