Wait Surname
Approximately 9,216 people bear this surname
Wait Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an official title. 'the wait,' i.e. watchman (v. Wayt for a longer notice); also musicians in general. 'The waytis blew lowde.' 'Grete lordys were at the assent, Waytys blewe, to mete they wente.': Halliwell.
Robert le Weyte, Oxfordshire, 1273.
Read More About This SurnameWait Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,186 | 1:86,588 | 9,770 |
| South Africa | 1,617 | 1:33,505 | 4,281 |
| England | 1,138 | 1:48,961 | 6,104 |
| Australia | 976 | 1:27,660 | 3,756 |
| Canada | 405 | 1:90,977 | 9,993 |
| New Zealand | 118 | 1:38,376 | 6,521 |
| Wales | 100 | 1:30,945 | 3,130 |
| Papua New Guinea | 83 | 1:98,238 | 13,191 |
| Kenya | 80 | 1:577,249 | 27,285 |
| Philippines | 58 | 1:1,745,487 | 112,199 |
| Scotland | 53 | 1:101,015 | 6,880 |
| Malaysia | 50 | 1:589,884 | 28,692 |
| Brazil | 43 | 1:4,978,473 | 128,213 |
| Iran | 41 | 1:1,872,744 | 68,622 |
| Nigeria | 39 | 1:4,542,122 | 122,724 |
| Indonesia | 29 | 1:4,560,317 | 223,141 |
| India | 28 | 1:27,395,192 | 354,286 |
| Afghanistan | 15 | 1:2,143,546 | 15,005 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| Spain | 11 | 1:4,250,185 | 75,241 |
| Czechia | 10 | 1:1,063,347 | 80,937 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Isle of Man | 7 | 1:12,260 | 2,387 |
| Northern Ireland | 6 | 1:307,506 | 12,899 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Namibia | 3 | 1:803,134 | 15,170 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 10 | 1:442,987 | 15,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,375 | 1:17,728 | 2,570 |
| Scotland | 83 | 1:45,099 | 3,253 |
| Wales | 73 | 1:21,485 | 1,237 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,103 | 1:12,240 | 1,583 |
Wait (364) may also be a first name.
Wait Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an official title. 'the wait,' i.e. watchman (v. Wayt for a longer notice); also musicians in general. 'The waytis blew lowde.' 'Grete lordys were at the assent, Waytys blewe, to mete they wente.': Halliwell.
Robert le Weyte, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Sarra le Weyte, Oxfordshire, ibid.
Ralph le Weyte, or Wayte, Essex, ibid.
Henry le Weyte. Calendarium Rotulorum Chartarum.
Robert le Wayte. Rolls of Parliament.
Johannes Wayte, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Willelmus Wayte, 1379: ibid.
1636. Buried — Barbara, wife of Thomas Waite: St. James, Clerkenwell.
This surname is derived from an official title. 'the wait', a natural corruption. This variant led on to the imitative Weight.
1595. Baptised — Alice, d. Richard Waight, poulter: St. Peter, Cornhill.
1610. Rondulph Waight, Cheshire: Register of the University of Oxford.
1665. Buried — Mary Waight died of the plague: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1795. Married — John Waight and Charlotte Griffith: St. George, Hanover Square.
From the ME. waite, a watchman, sentinel, which again is from OF. waite, a guard. Adam Wayt, witness in Aberbrothoc, 1312 (RAA I, p. 289), and Thomas dictus Weyt, chaplain, Inverness, 1361 (REM., p. 305). Huchown the Wate, tacksman in Grenyng and Bankis in Marwek, 1492 (REO., p. 407). Thomas Waith was a witness in Kelso in 1505 (Kelso, 535). George Wait witnessed an instrument of sasine in 1525 (Home, 35), Robert Waitt is recorded in Stitchill in 1684 (Stitchill, p. 97), and George Waitt in Manderstoun in 1665 (Lauder).
(Anglo-French-Teut.) Watchman [M.E wayte, &c., Old French waite, O.Sax O.H.Ger. wahta, a guard, watchman Atte laste by fortune he [Sir Gareth] cam to a castel, and ther he heard the waites uppon the walles.—Morte d'Arthur, VII. xxx.
The corresponding mod. French surname is Guet. "A Lille, l'agent de police est appelé guet.
(English) The watchman or lookout, especially a watchman in a castle or fortified place.
In the Prompt. Parv. a watchman; but more generally understood to be a minstrel, especially one who performs in the night. See Halliwell, and Jamieson. Le Wayte. H.R.
Local. The same as Thwaite, a piece of ground cleared of wood, a meadow.
(H.R. Le Wayte) = watchman. See Prompt. Parv.
Robert La Waite, Normandy 1180 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); William La Waite, Eng. 1199 (Rotuli Curiae Regis); Adam La Wayte, &c., Eng. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).
Wait Demographics
Average Wait Salary in
United States
$46,355 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wait Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wait Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wait (Oriya: ୱାଇତ୍) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wait? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 55,154th most frequently occurring surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 790,749 people. The surname Wait occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Wait reside; 50 percent reside in North America and 49 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Wait is also the 456,229th most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 364 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 4,186 people, or 1 in 86,588. In The United States Wait is mostly found in: California, where 11 percent reside, Missouri, where 9 percent reside and Texas, where 7 percent reside. Excluding The United States it occurs in 63 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 18 percent reside and England, where 12 percent reside.
Wait Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wait has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wait last name expanded 102 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it decreased 17 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 137 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 36 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wait Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland and Orthodox (80%) in Russia.
In The United States those bearing the Wait last name are 15.86% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 62.63% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Wait earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 20.77% more than the national average, earning R 286,992 per year; in United States they earn 7.43% more than the national average, earning $46,355 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.41% more than the national average, earning $51,873 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waite | 89 | 52,355 | / |
| Waitt | 89 | 1,088 | / |
| Hwait | 89 | 760 | / |
| Waith | 89 | 405 | / |
| Whait | 89 | 354 | / |
| Waiat | 89 | 237 | / |
| Wajit | 89 | 61 | / |
| Waiet | 89 | 48 | / |
| Waiut | 89 | 25 | / |
| Wayit | 89 | 15 | / |
| Waidt | 89 | 6 | / |
| Waiht | 89 | 2 | / |
| Waizt | 89 | 1 | / |
| Wat | 86 | 12,425 | / |
| Wit | 86 | 5,972 | / |
| Waithe | 80 | 2,622 | / |
| Whaite | 80 | 394 | / |
| Waitte | 80 | 92 | / |
| Waitts | 80 | 49 | / |
| Wajith | 80 | 14 | / |
| Wayite | 80 | 8 | / |
| Waicht | 80 | 4 | / |
| Waieet | 80 | 4 | / |
| Whaitz | 80 | 2 | / |
| Waggit | 80 | 1 | / |
| Waittz | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wwaite | 80 | 0 | / |
| Witt | 75 | 99,263 | / |
| Watt | 75 | 77,794 | / |
| Wate | 75 | 21,601 | / |
| Bait | 75 | 20,829 | / |
| With | 75 | 9,393 | / |
| Waid | 75 | 5,684 | / |
| Wadt | 75 | 1,743 | / |
| Wayt | 75 | 1,201 | / |
| Weit | 75 | 1,052 | / |
| Whit | 75 | 1,022 | / |
| Wath | 75 | 992 | / |
| Hwat | 75 | 855 | / |
| Wite | 75 | 732 | / |
| Vait | 75 | 429 | / |
| Woit | 75 | 388 | / |
| Wiet | 75 | 306 | / |
| What | 75 | 274 | / |
| Widt | 75 | 137 | / |
| Waat | 75 | 72 | / |
| Wuat | 75 | 58 | / |
| Waut | 75 | 50 | / |
| Weat | 75 | 46 | / |
| Wijt | 75 | 41 | / |
| Wajt | 75 | 31 | / |
| Wißt | 75 | 28 | / |
| Vwat | 75 | 21 | / |
| Waht | 75 | 9 | / |
| Hwit | 75 | 4 | / |
| Wiht | 75 | 3 | / |
| Watd | 75 | 3 | / |
| Wuit | 75 | 3 | / |
| Wizt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Vwit | 75 | 1 | / |
| Witd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Waggitt | 73 | 157 | / |
| Whaitte | 73 | 17 | / |
| Waitová | 73 | 12 | / |
| Waaitte | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hwaiteh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Whaitts | 73 | 1 | / |
| Waitthe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Waggith | 73 | 0 | / |
| White | 67 | 1,176,396 | / |
| Witte | 67 | 53,620 | / |
| Wajid | 67 | 38,784 | / |
| Whitt | 67 | 22,262 | / |
| Wheat | 67 | 17,053 | / |
| Vaith | 67 | 3,054 | / |
| Watte | 67 | 1,720 | / |
| Weith | 67 | 1,269 | / |
| Weidt | 67 | 1,008 | / |
| Woite | 67 | 1,002 | / |
| Wayte | 67 | 917 | / |
| Wijit | 67 | 702 | / |
| Wieth | 67 | 656 | / |
| Withe | 67 | 587 | / |
| Wathe | 67 | 520 | / |
| Bajit | 67 | 463 | / |
| Wuite | 67 | 447 | / |
| Wisth | 67 | 383 | / |
| Woidt | 67 | 382 | / |
| Wayet | 67 | 324 | / |
| Weate | 67 | 320 | / |
| Woith | 67 | 268 | / |
| Waadt | 67 | 258 | / |
| Weite | 67 | 246 | / |
| Hwaid | 67 | 220 | / |
| Wahat | 67 | 210 | / |
| Whaid | 67 | 210 | / |
| Baiet | 67 | 206 | / |
| Bayit | 67 | 195 | / |
| Vajit | 67 | 182 | / |
| Wijte | 67 | 177 | / |
| Wijts | 67 | 176 | / |
| Baiat | 67 | 159 | / |
| Woitt | 67 | 151 | / |
| Waate | 67 | 149 | / |
| Wiszt | 67 | 136 | / |
| Whatt | 67 | 121 | / |
| Whate | 67 | 110 | / |
| Wayts | 67 | 109 | / |
| Vaist | 67 | 105 | / |
| Waedt | 67 | 100 | / |
| Wiedt | 67 | 95 | / |
| Width | 67 | 95 | / |
| Wisst | 67 | 95 | / |
| Vaite | 67 | 93 | / |
| Vaitz | 67 | 81 | / |
| Wayat | 67 | 78 | / |
| Wayth | 67 | 73 | / |
| Waidh | 67 | 65 | / |
| Vaits | 67 | 65 | / |
| Wayid | 67 | 60 | / |
| Wihte | 67 | 56 | / |
| Wajut | 67 | 54 | / |
| Wadte | 67 | 42 | / |
| Baait | 67 | 42 | / |
| Wattø | 67 | 41 | / |
| Waute | 67 | 41 | / |
| Woyat | 67 | 39 | / |
| Wujat | 67 | 39 | / |
| Baitt | 67 | 34 | / |
| Wawet | 67 | 34 | / |
| Wiott | 67 | 32 | / |
| D'Wit | 67 | 32 | / |
| Waytt | 67 | 30 | / |
| Vhait | 67 | 24 | / |
| Weitt | 67 | 23 | / |
| Wuiot | 67 | 23 | / |
| Wiyot | 67 | 22 | / |
| Wijat | 67 | 22 | / |
| Wayot | 67 | 21 | / |
| Wajat | 67 | 19 | / |
| Hwitt | 67 | 19 | / |
| Wauts | 67 | 19 | / |
| Hwatz | 67 | 18 | / |
| Wejit | 67 | 17 | / |
| Whiet | 67 | 15 | / |
| Weijt | 67 | 15 | / |
| Weath | 67 | 14 | / |
| Wayut | 67 | 14 | / |
| Baiot | 67 | 14 | / |
| Waicz | 67 | 14 | / |
| Wastå | 67 | 14 | / |
| Weyat | 67 | 13 | / |
| Wiyat | 67 | 13 | / |
| Wizst | 67 | 12 | / |
| Watth | 67 | 12 | / |
| Washt | 67 | 12 | / |
| Wauth | 67 | 11 | / |
| Whith | 67 | 10 | / |
| Vayit | 67 | 10 | / |
| Waied | 67 | 9 | / |
| Waszt | 67 | 9 | / |
| Wahut | 67 | 8 | / |
| Wahts | 67 | 8 | / |
| Witth | 67 | 7 | / |
| Wojat | 67 | 7 | / |
| Waytz | 67 | 6 | / |
| Wijot | 67 | 6 | / |
| Whidt | 67 | 5 | / |
| Hwatt | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wajts | 67 | 4 | / |
| Weats | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wheit | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wautz | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hweat | 67 | 4 | / |
| Waaid | 67 | 3 | / |
| Woits | 67 | 3 | / |
| Waihd | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wiett | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wahte | 67 | 2 | / |
| Whoit | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wgatt | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hwite | 67 | 2 | / |
| Waiad | 67 | 2 | / |
| Waiid | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wahst | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vaiet | 67 | 2 | / |
| Waath | 67 | 2 | / |
| Weatt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wajet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hwate | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waidd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waisd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wajth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wuath | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wioth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Witht | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wihtt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whitd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whitp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wattd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wattt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weizt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vaitt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vaidt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waats | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waust | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weiht | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wuitt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wajht | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hwast | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hwist | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wijdt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wejat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weiit | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whaat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wahtd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wajst | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waitehed | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wuate | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wuith | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wittt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Baiut | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hweit | 67 | 1 | / |
| Baiit | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weiat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whaht | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whast | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wahht | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waaat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waatt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waatz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wuayt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wayht | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wuist | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wists | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wasts | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wastt | 67 | 0 | / |
| Waudt | 67 | 0 | / |
| Whiot | 67 | 0 | / |
| Widte | 67 | 0 | / |
Wait Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wait in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାଇତ୍ | wa'it | 50 |
| ୱାଇଟ | wa'ita | 50 |
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