How common is the surname Wylie?

11,975 people in the United States had the surname Wylie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,783 Americans. It ranked 2,993rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Wylie?

Sofia Wylie, American actress, followed by Mina Wylie.

Where is the surname Wylie most common?

Wikidata records people named Wylie in the United States and Australia.

How do you pronounce Wylie?

Wylie is /ˈwaɪli/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Wylie getting more or less common?

More common. 11,631 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,975 in 2010, up 3.0%.

The surname Wylie

A surname, carried by 11,975 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈwaɪli/ 2 syllables Soundex W400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wylie is more common than 98.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 11,975 people named Wylie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,783 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,631.

#2,993

rank among US surnames

11,975

people in 2010

4.1

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #2,822)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,984	Dyson	12,017	25,692
#2,985	Jett	12,008	25,712
#2,986	Bach	11,999	25,731
#2,987	Streeter	11,988	25,755
#2,988	Christman	11,987	25,757
#2,989	Brink	11,982	25,767
#2,990	Herr	11,980	25,772

Who is named Wylie

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

83% of people named Wylie identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wylies

10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sofia Wylie
American actress, born 2004
Mina Wylie
Australian swimmer (1891–1984)
Elinor Wylie
American poet (1885-1928)
Philip Wylie
American writer (1902–1971)
Adam Wylie
American actor, born 1984
Paul Wylie
American figure skater, born 1964
Turrell V. Wylie
American tibetologist (1927–1984)
I. A. R. Wylie
Australian writer (1885-1959)
Chalmers Wylie
American politician, 1920–1998
Karen Pryor
American author, 1932–2025

Notable Wylies come mostly from the United States (8) and Australia (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wylie

Wyllie

Wylie has the Soundex code W400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W400.

Questions

How common is the surname Wylie?: 11,975 people in the United States had the surname Wylie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,783 Americans. It ranked 2,993rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wylie?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Wylie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Wylie?: Sofia Wylie, American actress, followed by Mina Wylie.
Where is the surname Wylie most common?: Wikidata records people named Wylie in the United States and Australia.
How do you pronounce Wylie?: Wylie is /ˈwaɪli/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Wylie getting more or less common?: More common. 11,631 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,975 in 2010, up 3.0%.