Wayward Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Wayward Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 52 | 1:6,970,364 | 322,914 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Wayward (26) may also be a first name.
Wayward Demographics
Average Wayward Salary in
United States
$23,875 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wayward Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wayward Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wayward is found most frequently in The United States. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wayward.
How Common Is The Last Name Wayward? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,436,415th most widespread surname globally, borne by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. The surname Wayward is predominantly found in The Americas, where 85 percent of Wayward reside; 85 percent reside in North America and 85 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Wayward is also the 2,084,397th most frequently used given name worldwide. It is borne by 26 people.
This surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 52 people, or 1 in 6,970,364. In The United States Wayward is primarily concentrated in: Michigan, where 79 percent live, Florida, where 4 percent live and Oregon, where 4 percent live. Besides The United States this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in England, where 8 percent live and Belarus, where 2 percent live.
Wayward Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wayward has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wayward surname expanded 2,600 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 167 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wayward Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Wayward are 42.12% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 88.89% being registered to vote for the political party.
Wayward earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 44.67% less than the national average, earning $23,875 USD per year.
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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 Wayward
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