Wainwright is used as a family name or surname in Canada. It is 10 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Wainwright
No. of characters: 10
Origin: Canada
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Wainwright

How popular is Wainwright?

Wainwright is common in Canada.

Wainwright is ranked 20972 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Wainwright bearers increased by 4.249707 per cent in 2010 US census to 7114 since 2000, the surname slipped by 200 spots and ranked at 4948. The last name was found in around 24 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 76.82 78.52
Black 17.63 17.31
Hispanic or Latino 2.35 1.26
Others 2.29 2.14
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.53 0.48
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.38 0.29
Wainwright is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Bermuda is ahead in terms of density. Around 24680 people have been found who wears Wainwright as their family name. Wainwright is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
656,580 India9
52,901 United Arab Emirates7
7,646 Japan7
5,707 Nicaragua5
18,614 Thailand5
16,136 Kenya3
2,720 South Korea3
3,940 Ethiopia2
10,267 Sri Lanka2
26,532 Chile2
993 Guernsey2
1,118 Isle of Man2
95,312 Argentina2
5,726 Puerto Rico2
124,220 Italy2
54,135 Philippines2
4,367 Afghanistan2
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
10,683 Cyprus1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
53,033 Nigeria1
47,891 Norway1
176 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha1
49,101 Denmark1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
2,309 Monaco1
5,872 Namibia1
58,885 Poland1
24,176 Qatar1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
42,479 Greece1
16,228 Bulgaria1
5,553 Taiwan1
53,505 Turkey1
19,533 Uruguay1
25,721 Egypt1
56,169 Mexico1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
212,163 Russia41
8,214 Singapore35
43,662 Belgium30
32,811 Sweden29
11,444 Portugal28
2,645 Luxembourg26
90,060 Germany19
1,163 Jersey17
186,451 Ukraine16
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
11,610 Switzerland99
2,305 Northern Ireland95
2,858 Hong Kong83
4,308 Ireland82
117 Bermuda72
35,096 Spain66
Countries with hundreds of Wainwright:
681 Wales542
1,570 Honduras296
2,391 Scotland289
4,250 New Zealand180
1,644 Jamaica161
77,708 France122
Countries with thousands of Wainwright:
823 England8,884
4,650 United States8,533
2,594 South Africa2,502
2,335 Australia1,331
4,450 Canada1,009
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 24 years old plasterer George Wainwright who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on March 20, 1849 by Arrick put out from London. Caroline Wainwright (26) Immigrant, Mary Wainwright (26) Immigrant, Richard Wainwright (40) Merchant, 33 years old John Wainwright, Immigrant Charles Wainwright, Maid Jane Wainwright, Elizth. Wainwright, aged 19, Farmer Frederick Wainwright, are others that migrated to US.

Wainwright Namesakes

  • Adam Wainwright, Baseball pitcher
  • Alfred Wainwright, Author
  • Rob Wainwright, Basketball Player
  • Baylie Grace Wainwright, Adam Wainwright's daughter
  • Jerry Wainwright, Basketball Coach
  • Shaun Wainwright-Branigan, Film actor
  • John Wainwright, Composer
  • Loudon Wainwright III, Songwriter
  • Alfred Wainwright, Author
  • John Wainwright, Novelist
  • In 2018, Benjamin Wainwright portrayed the role of Frank Thomsen in biography, drama flick De dirigent.

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