How common is the surname Waymire?

2,066 people in the United States had the surname Waymire in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 149,441 Americans. It ranked 14,458th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Waymire?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Waymire identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Waymire?

Kellie Waymire, American actress (1967–2003).

Where is the surname Waymire most common?

Wikidata records people named Waymire in the United States.

Is the surname Waymire getting more or less common?

More common. 1,959 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,066 in 2010, up 5.5%.

The surname Waymire

A surname, carried by 2,066 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W560

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Waymire is more common than 91.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,066 people named Waymire in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 149,441 Americans. That is up 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,959.

#14,458

rank among US surnames

2,066

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+5.5%

change since 2000 (was #14,096)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,453	Lobb	2,067	149,369
#14,458	Fray	2,066	149,441
#14,465	Banes	2,065	149,514

Who is named Waymire

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

95% of people named Waymire identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Waymires

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kellie Waymire
American actress (1967–2003)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Waymire

Wymore

Waymire has the Soundex code W560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W560.

Questions

How common is the surname Waymire?: 2,066 people in the United States had the surname Waymire in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 149,441 Americans. It ranked 14,458th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Waymire?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Waymire identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Waymire?: Kellie Waymire, American actress (1967–2003).
Where is the surname Waymire most common?: Wikidata records people named Waymire in the United States.
Is the surname Waymire getting more or less common?: More common. 1,959 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,066 in 2010, up 5.5%.