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    The surname Wyant

    A surname, carried by 6,498 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W530

    Wyant: #5,359 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wyant #5,359, 6,498 people Wyant: #5,359 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wyant #5,359, 6,498 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wyant is more common than 96.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,498 people named Wyant in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 47,514 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,192.

    #5,359
    rank among US surnames
    6,498
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.9%
    change since 2000 (was #5,185)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,353Rashid6,50447,470
    #5,355Ruble6,50347,477
    #5,356Doane6,50147,492
    #5,359Wyant6,49847,514
    #5,360Melancon6,49647,529
    #5,361Donnell6,49447,543

    Who is named Wyant

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

    94% of people named Wyant identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Wyants

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Alexander Helwig Wyant
      American painter (1836-1892)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wyant

    Wyant has the Soundex code W530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W530.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Wyant?
    6,498 people in the United States had the surname Wyant in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,514 Americans. It ranked 5,359th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wyant?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Wyant identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Wyant?
    Alexander Helwig Wyant, American painter (1836-1892).
    Where is the surname Wyant most common?
    Wikidata records people named Wyant in the United States.
    Is the surname Wyant getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,192 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,498 in 2010, up 4.9%.