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

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

How popular is Waits?

Waits is common in United States.

Waits is ranked 64528 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Waits bearers increased by 0.3012048 per cent in 2010 US census to 5661 since 2000, the surname slipped by 417 spots and ranked at 6059. The last name was found in around 19 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 83.5 85.06
Black 12.19 11.43
Hispanic or Latino 1.87 1.56
Others 1.5 1.2
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.71 0.48
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.23 0.27
Waits is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in United States which signifies that it is originated from United States. Around 7069 people have been found who wears Waits as their family name. Waits is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
240,218 Canada7
98,953 Belarus7
116,327 Spain6
14,078 Japan3
108,034 Italy3
90,215 Germany3
1,219,338 India3
9,097 Wales3
19,046 Ireland2
65,594 Belgium2
32,942 Uzbekistan1
492,292 Ukraine1
53,505 Turkey1
7,191 Afghanistan1
50,549 Georgia1
174,544 Czech Republic1
7,895 South Korea1
38,841 Scotland1
1,542 Andorra1
169,904 Brazil1
4,249 Cambodia1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
12,741 Ecuador1
277,603 France1
2,578 Guam1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
47,891 Norway1
66,560 Philippines1
36,814 Romania1
118,015 Netherlands1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,906 Israel47
71,059 Australia24
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
176,736 Russia54
Countries with hundreds of Waits:
34,900 England124
Countries with thousands of Waits:
5,801 United States6,760
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Waits Namesakes

  • Tom Waits, Singer-songwriter
  • Nasheet Waits, Drummer
  • Rick Waits, Baseball player
  • Branden Waits, Actor
  • Rick Waits, Baseball player
  • Nasheet Waits, Drummer
  • Nasheet Waits, Drummer
  • Rick Waits, Baseball player
  • Freddie Waits, Musical Artist
  • Nasheet Waits, Drummer
  • In 2012, Angela Waits played the role of Queen Zombie in action, comedy flick In the Game: Zombies.

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