Wax is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Wax
No. of characters: 3
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Wax

How popular is Wax?

Wax is common in United States.

Wax is ranked 93321 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Wax bearers increased by 1.99778 per cent in 2010 US census to 1838 since 2000, the surname slipped by 800 spots and ranked at 15833. The last name was found in around 6 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 87.7 90.34
Black 6.53 5.11
Hispanic or Latino 3.32 1.72
Others 1.2 1.61
Wax is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Luxembourg is ahead in terms of density. Around 4563 people have been found who wears Wax as their family name. Wax 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
6,072 China7
18,563 Nigeria7
9,053 Senegal5
23,165 Romania3
119,730 Brazil3
19,452 Malaysia3
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
20,186 Kenya2
7,574 Bangladesh2
12,172 Ghana2
5,443 Dominican Republic2
19,046 Ireland2
124,220 Italy2
18,625 Japan2
7,198 Maldives1
90,903 Moldova1
62,864 New Zealand1
7,790 Zambia1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
13,447 Uganda1
53,505 Turkey1
5,553 Taiwan1
81,201 Switzerland1
49,101 Denmark1
25,746 Finland1
24,771 Colombia1
2,578 Guam1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
4,942 Libya1
17,768 Pakistan1
66,560 Philippines1
58,885 Poland1
21,562 Portugal1
4,171 Rwanda1
11,923 Slovenia1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
5,589 Sudan1
77,122 Sweden1
120,357 Argentina1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
37,591 Belgium37
61,159 Australia30
2,645 Luxembourg26
15,050 Singapore18
69,202 Netherlands18
84,957 Spain15
Countries with hundreds of Wax:
20,699 Germany504
14,184 South Africa438
38,971 France257
6,656 Israel165
29,416 England156
30,487 Canada110
27,127 Mexico105
Countries with thousands of Wax:
13,257 United States2,606
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Patrick Wax worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 30 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Marmion and arrived on August 10, 1849. John Wax (18) Servant, are other Wax that migrated to US.

Comments

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Alaina Moring
wax is a variant of Occitan word meaning idle vax of man who creates a nickname surname.

Wax Namesakes

  • Adlai Waxman, Musical Artist
  • Kate Wax, Musician
  • Anat Waxman, Actor
  • Ruby Wax, Actress
  • Kate Wax, Musician
  • Seth P. Waxman, Former Solicitor General of the United States
  • Mikey Wax, Singer-songwriter
  • Franz Waxman, Composer
  • Ruby Wax, Actress
  • Ruby Wax, Actress

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