Wry Surname
Approximately 474 people bear this surname
Wry Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 253 | 1:1,432,644 | 98,450 |
| Canada | 209 | 1:176,295 | 17,615 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 57 | 1:881,030 | 53,642 |
Wry (19) may also be a first name.
Wry Demographics
Wry Political Affiliation
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Wry Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wry Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wry is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wry? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 641,055th most commonly used last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,374,569 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Wry live; 97 percent live in North America and 97 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,523,061st most common forename on earth, held by 19 people.
The surname Wry is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 253 people, or 1 in 1,432,644. In The United States it is most numerous in: Wisconsin, where 13 percent reside, New Jersey, where 9 percent reside and California, where 8 percent reside. Barring The United States this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 44 percent reside and Thailand, where 2 percent reside.
Wry Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wry has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wry surname grew 444 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wry Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wry last name are 6.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.33% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Wry earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 10.21% less than the national average, earning $38,743 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.82% more than the national average, earning $54,564 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wray | 86 | 37,181 | / |
| Wrey | 86 | 176 | / |
| Wroy | 86 | 37 | / |
| Wryo | 86 | 16 | / |
| Wrzy | 86 | 4 | / |
| Wrry | 86 | 2 | / |
| Wriy | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wruy | 86 | 0 | / |
| Wraya | 75 | 121 | / |
| Whray | 75 | 27 | / |
| Wærøy | 75 | 25 | / |
| Wrycz | 75 | 22 | / |
| Wårøy | 75 | 18 | / |
| Whryo | 75 | 17 | / |
| Wryst | 75 | 11 | / |
| Wrhyo | 75 | 5 | / |
| Wwray | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wrytt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Whryt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wryth | 75 | 0 | / |
| Wrray | 75 | 0 | / |
| Whriy | 75 | 0 | / |
| Bry | 67 | 3,511 | / |
| Vry | 67 | 845 | / |
| Wri | 67 | 397 | / |
| Wra | 67 | 135 | / |
| Wre | 67 | 102 | / |
| Wrysch | 67 | 10 | / |
| Wrj | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wrhaya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wreyht | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wehery | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Wry
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