Wye Surname
Approximately 1,658 people bear this surname
Wye Surname Definition:
(English) Man; Warrior [M English wy(e, Old English wíga; from wíg, war] And as alle thise wise wyes Weren togideres.—Piers Plowman, 13284-5.
(Celtic) Dweller by one of the Rivers Wye [from the early form of Welsh g)wy, water: thus the Wye which runs into the Severn is called Gwy in Wales; and one of its tributaries is the Bach-wy = Little Gwy.
Read More About This SurnameWye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 648 | 1:85,985 | 9,406 |
| Fiji | 440 | 1:2,033 | 307 |
| United States | 164 | 1:2,210,115 | 138,772 |
| Australia | 125 | 1:215,966 | 20,787 |
| Malaysia | 82 | 1:359,686 | 19,062 |
| Singapore | 56 | 1:98,352 | 4,171 |
| Canada | 53 | 1:695,200 | 56,020 |
| New Zealand | 31 | 1:146,075 | 17,002 |
| Thailand | 14 | 1:5,045,596 | 363,835 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:594,869 | 21,724 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:442,076 | 21,198 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Slovakia | 5 | 1:1,067,290 | 85,393 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 271 | 1:89,946 | 9,346 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 97 | 1:517,718 | 36,097 |
Wye (2,907) may also be a first name.
Wye Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) Man; Warrior [M English wy(e, Old English wíga; from wíg, war] And as alle thise wise wyes Weren togideres.—Piers Plowman, 13284-5.
(Celtic) Dweller by one of the Rivers Wye [from the early form of Welsh g)wy, water: thus the Wye which runs into the Severn is called Gwy in Wales; and one of its tributaries is the Bach-wy = Little Gwy.
(English) One who came from Wye (heathen temple), in Kent; dweller at, or near, the Wye (running water) or Wey, the names of several British rivers.
A parish in Kent; and a picturesque western river.
User-submitted Reference
My family's surname was spelled Wye but it was changed to Whye after the 1890 US census. I have traced my family members on ancestry.com and it showed how their surname was spelled Wye before the census and the h was added on the census making it Whye. Many of my family members are from Maryland, then some of them moved to Delaware and a few moved to Ohio.
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Wye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wye is most common in England. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wye is the 241,088th most widely held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,395,384 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 41 percent of Wye are found; 40 percent are found in Northern Europe and 40 percent are found in British Isles. Wye is also the 134,708th most commonly used forename globally It is held by 2,907 people.
The surname Wye is most widespread in England, where it is borne by 648 people, or 1 in 85,985. In England it is most numerous in: Greater London, where 13 percent reside, Surrey, where 12 percent reside and West Midlands, where 7 percent reside. Besides England this last name occurs in 22 countries. It also occurs in Fiji, where 27 percent reside and The United States, where 10 percent reside.
Wye Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wye has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Wye surname increased 239 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 169 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 900 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wye Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wye last name are 10.41% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 63.64% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Wye earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 30.84% more than the national average, earning $56,458 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.06% less than the national average, earning $47,171 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whye | 86 | 933 | / |
| Wyhe | 86 | 28 | / |
| Wyee | 86 | 12 | / |
| Wyeh | 86 | 9 | / |
| Wyie | 86 | 6 | / |
| Hwye | 86 | 2 | / |
| Wjye | 86 | 1 | / |
| Vwye | 86 | 1 | / |
| Whyee | 75 | 587 | / |
| Waiye | 75 | 448 | / |
| Wayie | 75 | 111 | / |
| Woyie | 75 | 80 | / |
| Weiye | 75 | 70 | / |
| Woiye | 75 | 39 | / |
| Wyher | 75 | 37 | / |
| Wyess | 75 | 22 | / |
| Whyea | 75 | 13 | / |
| Waaye | 75 | 8 | / |
| Wyhet | 75 | 5 | / |
| Wayye | 75 | 4 | / |
| Wyhee | 75 | 2 | / |
| Weyie | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wyhie | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wyech | 75 | 1 | / |
| Whyed | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wyaee | 75 | 1 | / |
| Whyie | 75 | 1 | / |
| Whyeh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wujye | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wyehe | 75 | 0 | / |
| Wyeht | 75 | 0 | / |
| Wyohe | 75 | 0 | / |
| Wyeds | 75 | 0 | / |
| Bye | 67 | 14,473 | / |
| Wie | 67 | 3,291 | / |
| Vye | 67 | 1,098 | / |
| Waayer | 67 | 177 | / |
| Woiyea | 67 | 38 | / |
| Waheye | 67 | 13 | / |
| Wehaye | 67 | 12 | / |
| Wje | 67 | 11 | / |
| Wayier | 67 | 9 | / |
| Waiyee | 67 | 7 | / |
| Woiyeh | 67 | 6 | / |
| Wayyes | 67 | 6 | / |
| Wyj | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wehyie | 67 | 3 | / |
| Waayea | 67 | 2 | / |
| Weiyee | 67 | 2 | / |
| Woiyee | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wjy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wayhie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hwajye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wée | 67 | 1 | / |
| D'Wyer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hwayje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whyhea | 67 | 1 | / |
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