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    The surname Wyllie

    A surname, carried by 1,514 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W400

    Wyllie: #18,311 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wyllie #18,311, 1,514 people Wyllie: #18,311 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wyllie #18,311, 1,514 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wyllie is more common than 88.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,514 people named Wyllie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 203,927 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,438.

    #18,311
    rank among US surnames
    1,514
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.3%
    change since 2000 (was #17,924)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,306Reyez1,515203,792
    #18,311McQuinn1,514203,927
    #18,317Shakir1,513204,062

    Who is named Wyllie

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

    83% of people named Wyllie identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Wyllies

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Meg Wyllie
      Actress (1917-2002)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wyllie

    Wyllie 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 Wyllie?
    1,514 people in the United States had the surname Wyllie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 203,927 Americans. It ranked 18,311th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wyllie?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Wyllie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Wyllie?
    Meg Wyllie, actress (1917-2002).
    Where is the surname Wyllie most common?
    Wikidata records people named Wyllie in the United States.
    Is the surname Wyllie getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,438 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,514 in 2010, up 5.3%.