Wayment Surname

425,776th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 812 people bear this surname

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

Wayment Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wayment Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6901:525,30343,812
England931:599,11935,891
Canada191:1,939,242123,675
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England411:594,52130,269
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Wayment Last Name Facts

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

Wayment is found most frequently in The United States. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wayment? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 425,776th most commonly occurring family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 8,974,810 people. Wayment occurs mostly in The Americas, where 41 percent of Wayment live; 41 percent live in North America and 41 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 690 people, or 1 in 525,303. In The United States it is most frequent in: Idaho, where 19 percent reside, California, where 6 percent reside and Utah, where 6 percent reside. Beside The United States Wayment is found in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 11 percent reside and Canada, where 2 percent reside.

Wayment Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wayment has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wayment surname rose 3,833 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 227 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wayment Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wayment last name are 48.95% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 95.72% registered with the party.

The amount Wayment earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 3.97% less than the national average, earning $41,438 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.47% less than the national average, earning $44,978 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wyment9225/
Whyment86286/
Bayment861/
Weyment860/
Bament77486/
Byment771/
Beament71606/
Baument7112/
Bahment713/
Wemente712/
Bamment712/
Woiment711/
Wasmend711/
Vamnt672/
Vaitment671/
Wemnt671/
Whisment670/
Bement622,051/
Viment6246/
Biment623/
Bemment57145/
Voiment5792/
Vimente574/
Bemendt572/
Viments571/
Viement571/
Wememte571/
Beement570/
Voiement5331/
Baiumend531/
Voisment530/
Vehemente50121/

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Wayment Reference & Research

Rayment FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wayment
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis