Wafer is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Wafer
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Wafer

How popular is Wafer?

Wafer is common in United States.

Wafer is ranked 131748 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Wafer bearers increased by 4.299481 per cent in 2010 US census to 1407 since 2000, the surname slipped by 485 spots and ranked at 19266. The last name was found in around 5 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 62.19 62.86
White 31.63 32.99
Others 2.84 0.89
Hispanic or Latino 2.56 2.45
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.43 0.44
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.36 0.37
Wafer is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Ireland. Around 2975 people have been found who wears Wafer as their family name. Wafer is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
118,441 Germany2
12,161 Wales2
30,360 Thailand1
151,601 Spain1
24,771 Colombia1
880 Djibouti1
53,033 Nigeria1
36,678 Singapore1
17,768 Pakistan1
66,560 Philippines1
5,553 Taiwan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
203,443 Indonesia33
18,457 Scotland20
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
38,122 Australia56
Countries with hundreds of Wafer:
16,496 England339
15,127 Canada247
32,575 South Africa164
3,096 Ireland131
6,410 New Zealand116
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Wafer:
18,554 United States1,755
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Michael Wafer worked as mechanic and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 21 years old embarked for USA from Wexford on Atalanta and arrived on April 10, 1849. Patrick Wafer, aged 30, 23 years old Kate Wafer, Margaret Wafer, 8 years old John Wafer, 6 years old Marcus Wafer, 4 years old Catharine Wafer, 11 months old Mary Wafer, are other Wafer that migrated to US.

Wafer Namesakes

  • Von Wafer, Basketball player
  • Thomas Wafer Fuller, Educator
  • Thomas Wafer Fuller, Educator
  • Thomas Wafer Fuller, Educator
  • Von Wafer, Basketball player
  • Carl Wafer, Football player
  • Von Wafer, Basketball player

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