How common is the surname Waid?

3,521 people in the United States had the surname Waid in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,687 Americans. It ranked 9,245th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Waid?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Waid identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Waid?

Mark Waid, American comics writer.

Where is the surname Waid most common?

Wikidata records people named Waid in the United States.

Is the surname Waid getting more or less common?

More common. 2,647 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,521 in 2010, up 33%.

The surname Waid

A German surname, carried by 3,521 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex W300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Waid is more common than 94.3% of them.

Origin

German origin

From the German surname. See Weide (“pasture”), also derived from Middle High German weit (“woad”), see English woad.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,521 people named Waid in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 87,687 Americans. That is up 33% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,647.

#9,245

rank among US surnames

3,521

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+33%

change since 2000 (was #11,021)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,236	Trader	3,525	87,587
#9,237	Bennet	3,523	87,637
#9,241	Kost	3,522	87,662
#9,245	Kinsman	3,521	87,687
#9,251	Cui	3,520	87,712
#9,253	Talton	3,519	87,737

Who is named Waid

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

91% of people named Waid identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Waids

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mark Waid
American comics writer, born 1962

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Waid

Waid has the Soundex code W300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W300.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Waid come from?: From the German surname. See Weide (“pasture”), also derived from Middle High German weit (“woad”), see English woad.
How common is the surname Waid?: 3,521 people in the United States had the surname Waid in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,687 Americans. It ranked 9,245th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Waid?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Waid identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Waid?: Mark Waid, American comics writer.
Where is the surname Waid most common?: Wikidata records people named Waid in the United States.
Is the surname Waid getting more or less common?: More common. 2,647 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,521 in 2010, up 33%.