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    The surname Wainman

    An English occupational surname, carried by 345 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W550

    Wainman: #58,735 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Wainman #58,735, 345 people Wainman: #58,735 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Wainman #58,735, 345 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wainman is more common than 63.8% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Occupational surname for a cartwright, from Middle English wayn (“wagon, cart”) + man.

    Wainman is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 345 people named Wainman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 894,915 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 325.

    #58,735
    rank among US surnames
    345
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.2%
    change since 2000 (was #58,397)

    Who is named Wainman

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

    94% of people named Wainman identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wainman

    Wainman has the Soundex code W550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W550.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Wainman come from?
    Occupational surname for a cartwright, from Middle English wayn (“wagon, cart”) + man.
    How common is the surname Wainman?
    345 people in the United States had the surname Wainman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 894,915 Americans. It ranked 58,735th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wainman?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Wainman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Wainman?
    Wainman is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Wainman getting more or less common?
    More common. 325 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 345 in 2010, up 6.2%.