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

The last name Wrye is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wrye.

How Common Is The Last Name Wrye? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wrye is the 375,572nd most frequent family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,646,953 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 85 percent of Wrye reside; 85 percent reside in North America and 85 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 933 people, or 1 in 388,488. In The United States Wrye is mostly found in: Georgia, where 17 percent live, Florida, where 11 percent live and Tennessee, where 11 percent live. Not including The United States this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 1 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.

Wrye Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wrye has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wrye surname expanded 2,276 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wrye Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wrye last name are 26.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 73.33% registered with the political 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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