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

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

How popular is Wylie?

Wylie is common in United States.

Wylie is ranked 15729 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Wylie bearers increased by 2.957613 per cent in 2010 US census to 11975 since 2000, the surname slipped by 171 spots and ranked at 2993. The last name was found in around 41 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 82.81 84.64
Black 11.22 10.66
Hispanic or Latino 2.55 1.87
Others 1.95 1.4
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.78 0.86
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.68 0.56
Wylie is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Falkland Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 33418 people have been found who wears Wylie as their family name. Wylie is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
6,072 China7
1,346 Bermuda6
41 Falkland Islands6
718 Liberia4
2,011 South Korea4
8,689 Pakistan4
19,452 Malaysia3
2,754 Namibia3
3,224 Afghanistan3
34,681 Norway2
4,231 Jamaica2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
4,413 Democratic Republic of The Congo2
139,444 Brazil2
48,575 Azerbaijan1
7,292 Vietnam1
15,162 Costa Rica1
897,276 Russia1
5,553 Taiwan1
81,201 Switzerland1
10,683 Cyprus1
25,746 Finland1
17,236 Ghana1
42,479 Greece1
1,818 Guernsey1
153,416 Italy1
29,046 Japan1
3,071 Jersey1
17,575 Kuwait1
6,967 Macedonia1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
9,591 Panama1
66,560 Philippines1
21,562 Portugal1
24,176 Qatar1
821 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
2,505 Congo1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
2,898 Trinidad and Tobago50
179,835 Indonesia38
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
319,538 India32
9,620 Singapore30
57,220 Netherlands27
699 Isle of Man21
5,663 Thailand18
55,829 Zimbabwe16
481 Gibraltar11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
11,021 Chile81
36,906 Spain61
Countries with hundreds of Wylie:
43,536 Germany235
45,235 France220
2,355 Ireland191
1,581 Hong Kong154
2,864 Wales135
23,602 Mexico131
Countries with thousands of Wylie:
1,622 England4,877
1,672 Canada3,054
1,329 Australia2,375
389 Scotland2,205
3,819 South Africa1,717
225 Northern Ireland1,455
590 New Zealand1,141
Countries with ten thousands of Wylie:
2,677 United States15,031
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 30 years old farmer John Wylie who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on December 14, 1848 by Chaos put out from Liverpool. Jane Wylie (21) Farmer, Sarah Wylie (2), Infant Isabella Wylie, 20 years old Letitia Wylie, Andrew Wylie (22) Blacksmith, Janet Wylie, aged 26, Eliza Wylie, Agnes Wylie (2), and 25 other Wylie around 46.67% of whom were workman while others worked as servant migrated to US.

Wylie Namesakes

  • Adam Wylie, Television actor
  • Andrew Wylie, Literary agent
  • J.C. Wylie, Author
  • Andrew Wylie, Literary agent
  • Robert Wylie, Artist
  • Adam Wylie, Television actor
  • Elinor Wylie, Poet
  • Chalmers Wylie, American Politician
  • Tom Wylie, Soccer player
  • Devon Wylie, Football wide receiver
  • John Jay Wylie characterized the central role of Tony in 2017 drama film SoulHood.
  • In 2019, Zander Wylie played the role of Ray in comedy, drama film This Side of Summer.

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