Waite Surname
Approximately 52,355 people bear this surname
Waite 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 SurnameWaite Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23,663 | 1:15,318 | 1,938 |
| England | 11,546 | 1:4,826 | 663 |
| Mozambique | 5,562 | 1:4,901 | 1,104 |
| Australia | 3,079 | 1:8,768 | 1,307 |
| Canada | 2,781 | 1:13,249 | 1,956 |
| Jamaica | 1,429 | 1:2,008 | 331 |
| New Zealand | 913 | 1:4,960 | 798 |
| Wales | 786 | 1:3,937 | 425 |
| Scotland | 373 | 1:14,353 | 1,829 |
| Saudi Arabia | 358 | 1:86,189 | 12,374 |
| South Africa | 284 | 1:190,767 | 20,712 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Northern Ireland | 146 | 1:12,637 | 1,842 |
| Papua New Guinea | 107 | 1:76,203 | 9,993 |
| Panama | 103 | 1:37,983 | 2,040 |
| Kenya | 101 | 1:457,227 | 24,042 |
| Israel | 98 | 1:87,323 | 10,358 |
| Thailand | 86 | 1:821,376 | 131,940 |
| Nigeria | 80 | 1:2,214,284 | 75,532 |
| Indonesia | 69 | 1:1,916,655 | 121,671 |
| Brazil | 64 | 1:3,344,911 | 95,290 |
| Ireland | 61 | 1:77,196 | 4,645 |
| Germany | 47 | 1:1,712,882 | 99,068 |
| Spain | 47 | 1:994,724 | 37,216 |
| Belize | 46 | 1:7,728 | 1,144 |
| United Arab Emirates | 31 | 1:295,557 | 19,854 |
| Sweden | 28 | 1:351,670 | 24,678 |
| France | 26 | 1:2,554,720 | 189,486 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Netherlands | 19 | 1:888,799 | 62,169 |
| Argentina | 12 | 1:3,561,951 | 138,643 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| Costa Rica | 9 | 1:531,119 | 4,381 |
| Solomon Islands | 9 | 1:64,448 | 12,261 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Cayman Islands | 8 | 1:7,987 | 922 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Jersey | 7 | 1:14,172 | 2,872 |
| Japan | 7 | 1:18,263,470 | 47,869 |
| Chile | 6 | 1:2,936,079 | 35,997 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 1:1,467,097 | 5,611 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Guernsey | 4 | 1:16,110 | 1,225 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Guyana | 3 | 1:254,074 | 11,262 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Barbados | 2 | 1:143,724 | 1,981 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Cuba | 2 | 1:5,761,358 | 13,825 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2 | 1:56,330 | 1,327 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 77 | 1:57,531 | 4,603 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5,901 | 1:4,131 | 607 |
| Wales | 213 | 1:7,363 | 469 |
| Scotland | 127 | 1:29,474 | 2,548 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:32,656 | 2,283 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,864 | 1:12,997 | 1,673 |
The alternate forms: Waité (1) are calculated separately.
Waite (403) may also be a first name.
Waite 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.
(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.
“Watchman” in Norman French (Waite).
(English) The watchman or lookout, especially a watchman in a castle or fortified place.
Local. The same as Thwaite, a piece of ground cleared of wood, a meadow.
From the Danish, Vet, Wiet; from the Flemish, Vets; from the Frisian, Wiet; from the German, Weth; in the Domesday Book, Wiet; a personal name.
Waite Demographics
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Waite Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waite Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waite is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Waité. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Waite? popularity and diffusion
The last name Waite is the 10,741st most widespread last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 139,195 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 54 percent of Waite live; 50 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America. Waite is also the 429,755th most widespread given name world-wide, borne by 403 people.
The surname Waite is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 23,663 people, or 1 in 15,318. In The United States Waite is most common in: California, where 10 percent live, New York, where 9 percent live and Florida, where 6 percent live. Beside The United States Waite exists in 82 countries. It also occurs in England, where 22 percent live and Mozambique, where 11 percent live.
Waite Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Waite has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Waite surname increased 612 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 196 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 369 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 294 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 21 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Waite Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Waite last name is primarily Anglican (62%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Waite are 14.76% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 61.53% registered with the political party.
The amount Waite earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 35.9% more than the national average, earning R 322,956 per year; in United States they earn 5.57% more than the national average, earning $45,553 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.8% less than the national average, earning $49,288 CAD per year.
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Waite Reference & Research
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