Wrye Surname

375,572nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 953 people bear this surname

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

Wrye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wrye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9331:388,48834,165
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
England41:13,929,515290,718
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States411:1,224,84668,768

Wrye Last Name Facts

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

Wrye is most common in The United States. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wrye? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wrye is the 375,572nd most commonly used family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 7,646,953 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 85 percent of Wrye live; 85 percent live in North America and 85 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 933 people, or 1 in 388,488. In The United States Wrye is primarily found in: Georgia, where 17 percent are found, Florida, where 11 percent are found and Tennessee, where 11 percent are found. Apart from The United States Wrye is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 1 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.

Wrye Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wrye has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wrye last name increased 2,276 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wrye Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wrye surname are 26.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 73.33% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Wrye earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 13.23% more than the national average, earning $48,858 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.55% more than the national average, earning $54,428 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wryea891/
Brye75673/
Wryj7547/
Wrie757/
Wrge752/
Wrjy751/
Wrje751/
Wrée751/
Vrye751/
Wreay6754/
Wrehe6732/
Wries6717/
Wrieh673/
Wried673/
Vryer672/
Bryea672/
Wreei671/
Wryaa671/
Wærge671/
Wrejh671/
Vryes671/
Wriet670/

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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
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  • 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 Wrye
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