Wyatt Surname

5,721st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98,873 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Kitts and Nevis

Wyatt Surname Definition:

From the AF. personal name Wyot, French Guyot, diminutive of Guy. Maucolum Wyet of county Anegos rendered homage, 1296 (Bain, II, p. 213). Nothing more is known of him. James Vyot, Wyot, or Wyat, burgess of Arnbroath, in record 1461-68 (RAA.

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Wyatt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States70,6701:5,129579
England14,9991:3,715499
Australia5,8631:4,604669
Canada2,8971:12,7191,871
New Zealand1,2561:3,605563
Wales6941:4,459486
South Africa4991:108,57313,073
Scotland2451:21,8522,499
Brazil1441:1,486,62749,780
France1311:507,04470,604
Thailand971:728,230119,953
Jamaica931:30,8602,264
Ireland901:52,3223,722
Israel881:97,24611,271
Germany821:981,77468,040
Spain801:584,40027,603
Dominican Republic771:135,4935,426
Saint Kitts and Nevis761:726149
Guyana731:10,4411,550
Panama581:67,4532,959
Indonesia571:2,320,161139,963
Trinidad and Tobago561:24,3572,692
Netherlands461:367,11340,368
Italy451:1,359,03878,318
Guernsey441:1,465311
Northern Ireland411:45,0013,962
Suriname321:17,2694,028
Belgium211:547,45951,586
Philippines191:5,328,328173,877
Singapore171:323,98313,856
United States Virgin Islands171:6,493987
Malaysia161:1,843,38974,511
Qatar161:147,37516,023
China151:91,154,7714,767
Argentina141:3,053,101127,728
Venezuela141:2,157,43425,468
Guam121:13,3432,098
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Japan91:14,204,92146,388
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Hong Kong81:916,9354,774
Jersey81:12,4002,398
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
Saint Martin81:4,394114
Czechia71:1,519,06797,842
India71:109,580,769786,157
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Afghanistan51:6,430,63727,710
Greece51:2,215,95891,893
Saint Lucia51:35,7561,958
Vietnam51:18,529,2113,282
Grenada41:27,1341,180
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Ghana21:13,510,34623,679
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland451:98,4416,344
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England8,5591:2,848404
Wales1561:10,054610
Scotland421:89,1244,677
Guernsey191:1,719297
Jersey171:3,052493
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9,8011:5,124644

Wyatt (13,674) may also be a first name.

Wyatt Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From the AF. personal name Wyot, French Guyot, diminutive of Guy. Maucolum Wyet of county Anegos rendered homage, 1296 (Bain, II, p. 213). Nothing more is known of him. James Vyot, Wyot, or Wyat, burgess of Arnbroath, in record 1461-68 (RAA., II, 151,167, 174).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(Anglo-French-Teut.) the Anglo-French Wyot, Fr- Guyot (very common), Guiot = Guy (q.v.) + the French diminutive sun. -ot.

Wyot de Wrthiston [Worston],—Lanc. Inq. (A.D. 1258), i. 216.

Henry Wyot.—Hundred Rolls Wyot Balistarius.—Close Rolls.

Guyet (diminutive suff. -et) is also a French surname.

In a few cases Wyard, Wyart, seem to have merged into Wyatt.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Little Guy” in Old English. (Cf. Guyot in French.)

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(English) Descendant of little Guy (wood).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Has gone through the various forms of Wyat, Wiat, Wyot, and Guyot, or Guiot. The last-named three are used indifferently in the time of King John, and clearly prove the derivation of the name as a diminutive, from the Norman-French personal name Gui or Guido, which we have also received in the form of Guy. The name Guyatt is still found in West Sussex.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

For Wyard perhaps. Ralph, Roger Wiardus, Normandy 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae).

The Norman People (1874)

Wyatt Last Name Facts

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

Wyatt (Arabic: ويات) is found most in The United States. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wyatt? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,721st most frequently held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 73,706 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 73 percent of Wyatt reside; 72 percent reside in North America and 72 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 49,475th most commonly occurring given name in the world It is held by 13,674 people.

The last name is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 70,670 people, or 1 in 5,129. In The United States Wyatt is most common in: Texas, where 11 percent reside, California, where 7 percent reside and Georgia, where 7 percent reside. Other than The United States Wyatt occurs in 97 countries. It is also common in England, where 15 percent reside and Australia, where 6 percent reside.

Wyatt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wyatt has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wyatt last name expanded 721 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 175 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 445 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 583 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 200 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Wyatt Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Wyatt last name is primarily Catholic (32%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Wyatt last name are 16.27% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 63.04% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Wyatt earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 33.79% more than the national average, earning R 317,940 per year; in United States they earn 4.87% less than the national average, earning $41,048 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.51% more than the national average, earning $51,429 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whyatt911,807/
Wyatte91271/
Wyatts9121/
Wyhatt912/
Wyattt911/
Wyaatt910/
Wyat8953/
Byatt802,434/
Wiatt80335/
Wyott8013/
Whyat804/
Wyast803/
Wyate803/
Wyaht801/
Wyath801/
Weatt801/
Wyhat801/
Wyats800/
Wyatz800/
Wyattová771/
Wheatt7353/
Wijatt735/
Wiatts734/
Wiatte732/
Whiatt732/
Wyaath731/
Weyyat731/
Whyats730/
Wyathe730/
Wyotte730/
Vyat671,720/
Byat67633/
Wyad67525/
Beiyatt6761/
Wiat6733/
Byahatt6727/
Voyiatt6713/
Wahayat6711/
Beyiatt6710/
Vayyatt674/
Beyyatt671/
Waiyaat671/
Wyot670/

Wyatt Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Wyatt in the Arabic language
وياتwyat-
ياتyat-

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