Wye is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Wye
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Wye

How popular is Wye?

Wye is ranked 177842 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Wyes plummeted by 7.563025 per cent to 110 since 2000 and slipped by 18029 spots and ranked at 149395. The last name was found in around 0 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 67.27 69.75
Black 24.55 21.01
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 7.27 8.4
Wye is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in England. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Fiji. Around 2013 people have been found who wears Wye as their family name. Wye is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
10,542 China4
219,873 France2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
1,704,541 India1
28,365 Kenya1
18,969 Wales1
5,553 Taiwan1
24,421 Slovakia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
59,867 Canada50
14,946 New Zealand38
12,692 Scotland33
69,202 Netherlands18
94,038 Spain11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
4,216 Singapore77
Countries with hundreds of Wye:
10,018 England640
4,870 Malaysia455
305 Fiji340
15,602 Australia171
127,087 United States167

Wye Namesakes

  • Alick Wyers, Cricket Player
  • Andrew Wyeth, Visual artist
  • John Wyer, Engineer
  • Barbara Wyer, Marilyn Manson's mother
  • Marion Sims Wyeth, Architect
  • Betsy James Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth's wife
  • Howard Wyeth, Drummer
  • Jamie Wyeth, Painter
  • Marion Sims Wyeth, Architect
  • Nathan C. Wyeth, Architect

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