# Wyeth (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/wyeth/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 650 |
| US rank (2010) | 34,758 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 474,993 people |
| Change since 2000 | +9.6% (593 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Unknown.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Wyeth in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Wyeth in the United States.

## People named Wyeth

- Andrew Wyeth, American visual artist (1917–2009)
- N. C. Wyeth, American illustrator and painter (1882–1945)
- Katya Wyeth, American actress
- Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth, American explorer and inventor (1802-1856)

## Similar surnames

White, Wood, Wade, Wyatt, Witt, Waite, Woody, Whitt, Watt, Wheat, Witte, Weed.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.