How common is the surname Wainscott?

2,569 people in the United States had the surname Wainscott in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,181 Americans. It ranked 12,130th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wainscott?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wainscott identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Wainscott getting more or less common?

More common. 2,536 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,569 in 2010, up 1.3%.

The surname Wainscott

A surname, carried by 2,569 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W523

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wainscott is more common than 92.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,569 people named Wainscott in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 120,181 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,536.

#12,130

rank among US surnames

2,569

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+1.3%

change since 2000 (was #11,396)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,121	Topp	2,572	120,041
#12,124	Naber	2,571	120,088
#12,127	Nath	2,570	120,134
#12,130	Hammers	2,569	120,181
#12,132	Sugg	2,568	120,228
#12,136	Morelos	2,567	120,275

Who is named Wainscott

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

95% of people named Wainscott identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wainscott

Wainscott has the Soundex code W523, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W523.

Questions

How common is the surname Wainscott?: 2,569 people in the United States had the surname Wainscott in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,181 Americans. It ranked 12,130th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wainscott?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wainscott identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Wainscott getting more or less common?: More common. 2,536 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,569 in 2010, up 1.3%.