The surname Wayland
A surname, carried by 2,415 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈweɪ.lənd/ 2 syllables Soundex W453
Origin
From Old English Wēland, from Proto-West Germanic *Wēlandu, from Proto-Germanic *Wē₂landuz. Cognate with Old Norse Vǫlundr, Old High German Wēlant.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,415 people named Wayland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 127,845 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,344.
Who is named Wayland
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
92% of people named Wayland identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 92%
- Black (not Hispanic) 2.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
- Two or more races 1.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Wayland has the Soundex code W453, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W453.
Questions
- Where does the surname Wayland come from?
- From Old English Wēland, from Proto-West Germanic *Wēlandu, from Proto-Germanic *Wē₂landuz. Cognate with Old Norse Vǫlundr, Old High German Wēlant.
- How common is the surname Wayland?
- 2,415 people in the United States had the surname Wayland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 127,845 Americans. It ranked 12,775th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Wayland?
- In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Wayland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
- How do you pronounce Wayland?
- Wayland is /ˈweɪ.lənd/, 2 syllables.
- Is the surname Wayland getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,344 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,415 in 2010, up 3.0%.