How common is the surname Wainwright?

7,114 people in the United States had the surname Wainwright in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,400 Americans. It ranked 4,948th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Wainwright?

Rufus Wainwright, American-Canadian singer-songwriter and composer, followed by Loudon Wainwright III.

Where is the surname Wainwright most common?

Wikidata records people named Wainwright in the United States and Canada.

How do you pronounce Wainwright?

Wainwright is /ˈweɪnɹaɪt/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Wainwright getting more or less common?

More common. 6,824 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,114 in 2010, up 4.2%.

The surname Wainwright

An English occupational surname, carried by 7,114 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈweɪnɹaɪt/ 2 syllables Soundex W562

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wainwright is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English wægnwyrhta, equivalent to wain (“large wagon for farm use”) + wright (“worker; maker”). The Canadian town is named after William Wainwright, the second vice-president of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway along which the town was built.

Wainwright 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 7,114 people named Wainwright in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,400 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,824.

#4,948

rank among US surnames

7,114

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4.2%

change since 2000 (was #4,748)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,939	Roddy	7,127	43,321
#4,940	Nation	7,125	43,333
#4,941	Rigsby	7,124	43,339
#4,942	Gooding	7,123	43,345
#4,944	Vandenberg	7,121	43,357
#4,945	Hogg	7,119	43,369
#4,947	Wilkie	7,116	43,388

Who is named Wainwright

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

77% of people named Wainwright identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 77%
Black (not Hispanic) 18%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wainwrights

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rufus Wainwright
American-Canadian singer-songwriter and composer, born 1973
Loudon Wainwright III
American singer-songwriter, humorist, and actor, born 1946
Helen Wainwright
American swimmer, diver, Olympic silver medalist, former world record-holder, 1906–1965
Adam Wainwright
American baseball player, born 1981
Alisha Wainwright
American actress, born 1989

Notable Wainwrights come mostly from the United States (4) and Canada (1).

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Wainwright come from?: From Old English wægnwyrhta, equivalent to wain (“large wagon for farm use”) + wright (“worker; maker”). The Canadian town is named after William Wainwright, the second vice-president of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway along which the town was built.
How common is the surname Wainwright?: 7,114 people in the United States had the surname Wainwright in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,400 Americans. It ranked 4,948th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wainwright?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Wainwright identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Wainwright?: Rufus Wainwright, American-Canadian singer-songwriter and composer, followed by Loudon Wainwright III.
Where is the surname Wainwright most common?: Wikidata records people named Wainwright in the United States and Canada.
How do you pronounce Wainwright?: Wainwright is /ˈweɪnɹaɪt/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Wainwright?: Wainwright is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Wainwright getting more or less common?: More common. 6,824 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,114 in 2010, up 4.2%.