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    Surnames beginning with W

    1,030 surnames starting with W, ordered by how many people carry them in the United States, with notable names that are rare in the US further down.

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    #SurnameOriginUS rankPeople in the US
    1 Williams 3 1,625,252
    2 Wilson patronymic 14 801,882
    3 White Norman, nickname 24 660,491
    4 Walker occupational 31 523,129
    5 Wright occupational 35 458,980
    6 Ward occupational 79 260,464
    7 Watson patronymic 81 252,579
    8 Wood place 84 250,715
    9 Wallace Norman, nickname 123 197,276
    10 West 125 195,818
    11 Washington English, place 145 177,386
    12 Woods patronymic 144 177,425
    13 Wells English, place 147 176,230
    14 Webb occupational 152 168,878
    15 Wagner German 173 155,795
    16 Warren French 181 152,147
    17 Weaver occupational 192 143,837
    18 Willis patronymic 230 130,152
    19 Watkins patronymic 240 127,083
    20 Wheeler 243 125,058
    21 Williamson patronymic 267 114,959
    22 Wong Chinese 274 111,371
    23 Wang Chinese 282 109,883
    24 Weber German, occupational 283 109,433
    25 Welch nickname 284 108,987
    26 Walsh English 295 105,079
    27 Wade English, place 319 97,040
    28 Watts patronymic 348 89,649
    29 Walters patronymic 350 89,376
    30 Warner patronymic 375 83,781
    31 Wolfe patronymic 374 83,928
    32 Walton English 446 73,854
    33 Webster occupational 453 72,625
    34 Wu Chinese 461 71,721
    35 Wolf English, patronymic 474 70,031
    36 Wise 485 68,649
    37 Waters patronymic 491 67,929
    38 Wilkins patronymic 570 58,634
    39 Weiss German 587 57,112
    40 Whitaker English 596 56,616
    41 Wilcox patronymic 602 56,286
    42 Wilkinson patronymic 634 53,739
    43 Wall 631 53,794
    44 Wyatt English, patronymic 653 52,211
    45 Wiggins 685 50,247
    46 Ware Norman 700 49,316
    47 Wiley 713 48,720
    48 Walter 727 48,024
    49 Wilkerson patronymic 719 48,444
    50 Woodard 750 46,240
    51 Winters patronymic 766 44,914
    52 Whitehead 776 44,373
    53 Weeks 831 41,565
    54 Walls 842 41,025
    55 Woodward occupational 944 36,764
    56 Waller 942 36,805
    57 Whitney English, place 994 35,118
    58 Werner German 1,013 34,488
    59 Winter 1,119 31,310
    60 Workman 1,097 31,856
    61 Witt 1,110 31,575
    62 Wilder 1,131 31,018
    63 Wooten 1,123 31,249
    64 Welsh nickname 1,166 30,153
    65 Whitfield English, place 1,171 29,962
    66 Wynn Welsh 1,203 29,417
    67 Wills patronymic 1,244 28,219
    68 Womack English 1,245 28,201
    69 Whitley English, place 1,313 26,732
    70 Webber occupational 1,335 26,405
    71 Woodruff 1,341 26,286
    72 Weston English, place 1,380 25,637
    73 Worley 1,370 25,758
    74 Walden English 1,435 24,821
    75 Whalen Irish 1,470 24,262
    76 Wesley English, place 1,555 23,135
    77 Whaley English, place 1,575 22,833
    78 Wolff 1,650 21,815
    79 Winkler 1,640 21,993
    80 Winn 1,611 22,316
    81 Winston English 1,662 21,667
    82 Willard English, patronymic 1,690 21,352
    83 Waddell English, place 1,691 21,301
    84 Washburn 1,793 20,030
    85 Westbrook English, place 1,770 20,284
    86 Whitman 1,851 19,399
    87 Wilhelm German 1,802 19,913
    88 Wiseman 1,845 19,439
    89 Waiters 1,809 19,853
    90 Weir occupational 1,903 18,881
    91 Waite occupational 1,936 18,664
    92 Wilkes patronymic 1,975 18,314
    93 Woody 1,960 18,434
    94 Whittington 2,059 17,517
    95 Waldron 2,063 17,501
    96 Whittaker 2,100 17,234
    97 Woodson 2,098 17,242
    98 Whitt 2,092 17,293
    99 Whitlock English 2,142 16,927
    100 Whiting 2,221 16,418
    101 Woodall English, place 2,243 16,260
    102 Willoughby English, place 2,257 16,111
    103 Wetzel German 2,300 15,849
    104 Watt patronymic 2,387 15,211
    105 Whitmore English 2,380 15,296
    106 Wray Norse, place 2,367 15,405
    107 Wagoner occupational 2,401 15,118
    108 Waggoner occupational 2,417 14,983
    109 Wilburn 2,428 14,928
    110 Worthington English, place 2,503 14,452
    111 Weldon 2,481 14,538
    112 Wakefield place 2,472 14,587
    113 Weiner 2,546 14,208
    114 Way 2,552 14,157
    115 Winslow 2,570 14,056
    116 Whipple 2,602 13,850
    117 Weller 2,615 13,774
    118 Weathers 2,568 14,073
    119 Whitten 2,571 14,054
    120 Weinstein German, occupational 2,659 13,563
    121 Witherspoon English, place 2,736 13,171
    122 Wahl 2,716 13,253
    123 William Norman 2,694 13,373
    124 Willey English, place 2,759 13,067
    125 Willett patronymic 2,761 13,065
    126 Westfall 2,758 13,079
    127 Wiles patronymic 2,754 13,105
    128 Woo Chinese 2,775 13,003
    129 Willingham English, place 2,814 12,818
    130 Wing 2,858 12,614
    131 Wisniewski 2,846 12,675
    132 Will patronymic 2,869 12,575
    133 Wendt 2,838 12,712
    134 Wheatley English, place 2,875 12,520
    135 Wylie 2,993 11,975
    136 Waterman occupational 2,947 12,177
    137 Wharton English, occupational 3,084 11,656
    138 Wallis French, nickname 3,104 11,594
    139 Whelan Irish, patronymic 3,181 11,363
    140 Withers 3,176 11,381
    141 Waugh English 3,171 11,387
    142 Watters 3,113 11,569
    143 Whatley English, place 3,109 11,579
    144 Wenzel 3,159 11,432
    145 Wellman 3,208 11,260
    146 Whiteside English, place 3,191 11,334
    147 Wren English, nickname 3,220 11,211
    148 Wyman 3,265 11,051
    149 Warden occupational 3,244 11,135
    150 Wilde 3,332 10,766
    151 Wheat English 3,290 10,979
    152 Wayne English, occupational 3,498 10,215
    153 Worrell 3,313 10,821
    154 Winchester Latin, place 3,413 10,480
    155 Wolford English, place 3,326 10,789
    156 Wenger 3,369 10,596
    157 Weinberg German 3,612 9,825
    158 Waldrop 3,405 10,503
    159 Windham 3,437 10,390
    160 Westmoreland 3,430 10,399
    161 Weems 3,494 10,231
    162 Wicker 3,462 10,321
    163 Weiler German 3,515 10,160
    164 Wirth 3,592 9,907
    165 Whitworth English, place 3,647 9,748
    166 Wadsworth English, place 3,588 9,912
    167 Willson patronymic 3,679 9,659
    168 Weis 3,645 9,750
    169 Wynne 3,686 9,637
    170 Witte 3,617 9,816
    171 Wilbur English, patronymic 3,719 9,527
    172 Wicks 3,735 9,489
    173 Wei 3,707 9,578
    174 Woodworth 3,782 9,361
    175 Wiese German 3,817 9,287
    176 Whitson 3,820 9,273
    177 Wheaton 3,847 9,202
    178 Worden 3,880 9,139
    179 Wilks patronymic 3,962 8,972
    180 Wofford English 4,011 8,856
    181 Worthy 4,040 8,795
    182 Weatherford 4,016 8,850
    183 Winstead 4,054 8,756
    184 Welker German 4,138 8,566
    185 Wimberly 4,070 8,729
    186 Wild 4,324 8,217
    187 Wozniak Polish 4,156 8,526
    188 Wasson 4,182 8,471
    189 Wentz 4,231 8,376
    190 Whitcomb 4,263 8,324
    191 Wingate English, place 4,242 8,359
    192 Winfield 4,318 8,230
    193 Weidner 4,220 8,400
    194 Wick English 4,253 8,333
    195 Wilhite 4,261 8,325
    196 Williford 4,248 8,352
    197 Withrow 4,302 8,262
    198 Wentworth English, place 4,428 8,023
    199 Wegner 4,336 8,192
    200 Wilt 4,348 8,165
    201 Wilke patronymic 4,386 8,106
    202 Wertz 4,331 8,198
    203 Worth English 4,598 7,713
    204 Wilbanks 4,384 8,107
    205 Weimer 4,410 8,050
    206 Weed 4,442 7,987
    207 Whitlow 4,432 8,020
    208 Whyte 4,609 7,701
    209 Wooldridge 4,550 7,788
    210 Wojcik 4,601 7,710
    211 Warfield English, place 4,758 7,443
    212 Whiteman 4,645 7,642
    213 Windsor English, place 4,652 7,621
    214 Wooden 4,702 7,547
    215 Wallen 4,763 7,436
    216 Whitehurst English, place 4,774 7,412
    217 Whited 4,739 7,482
    218 Wickham English, place 4,814 7,335
    219 Whittle 4,828 7,307
    220 Walz German 4,879 7,220
    221 Wainwright English, occupational 4,948 7,114
    222 Walling 4,842 7,275
    223 Whitmire 4,906 7,179
    224 Westphal 4,953 7,101
    225 Woodbury English, place 4,924 7,144
    226 Wilkie patronymic 4,947 7,116
    227 Woolsey 5,049 6,949
    228 Welborn 4,956 7,095
    229 Woodley English, place 5,026 6,982
    230 Weatherly 5,064 6,926
    231 Wallin Swedish 4,995 7,034
    232 Woolley English, place 5,176 6,749
    233 Waltz 5,131 6,819
    234 Weigel German 5,187 6,740
    235 Wasserman German 5,297 6,577
    236 Woodcock English, nickname 5,151 6,794
    237 Wisdom 5,194 6,734
    238 Wellington English, place 5,156 6,784
    239 Winfrey patronymic 5,187 6,740
    240 Weil 5,390 6,455
    241 Wessel 5,262 6,630
    242 Wimmer 5,493 6,334
    243 Witmer 5,386 6,461
    244 Wyant 5,359 6,498
    245 Walther German 5,402 6,444
    246 Warrick 5,480 6,347
    247 Wyrick 5,444 6,391
    248 Wingfield 5,466 6,362
    249 Whitehouse 5,555 6,258
    250 Wampler 5,482 6,345
    251 Watanabe Japanese 5,605 6,204
    252 Weddle English, place 5,522 6,296
    253 Wilber 5,642 6,155
    254 Word 5,628 6,177
    255 Weiland 5,638 6,163
    256 Wooley 5,679 6,109
    257 Wen Chinese 5,878 5,870
    258 Whetstone 5,721 6,064
    259 Wiegand 5,769 6,004
    260 Westcott English, place 6,097 5,626
    261 Wingo 5,845 5,913
    262 Wan 5,911 5,831
    263 Wilk Polish, patronymic 5,971 5,763
    264 Walston 6,011 5,721
    265 Waits occupational 6,059 5,661
    266 Warwick English, place 6,307 5,411
    267 Wold 6,091 5,631
    268 Wendel 6,149 5,572
    269 Witkowski 6,058 5,662
    270 Woodman 6,213 5,505
    271 Waldman German 6,167 5,549
    272 Worsham English, place 6,091 5,631
    273 Winder occupational 6,192 5,527
    274 Wolcott English, place 6,400 5,315
    275 Widener 6,250 5,464
    276 Weatherspoon 6,310 5,409
    277 Weiser German 6,302 5,421
    278 Whitmer 6,398 5,317
    279 Wayman 6,307 5,411
    280 Wales 6,602 5,133
    281 Wesson patronymic 6,505 5,217
    282 Wieland occupational 6,402 5,314
    283 Wortham English, place 6,358 5,358
    284 Woolard 6,417 5,296
    285 Wyckoff Dutch 6,451 5,262
    286 Womble 6,405 5,311
    287 Whittemore 6,463 5,256
    288 Woodring 6,542 5,176
    289 Witcher 6,437 5,275
    290 Warnock occupational 6,567 5,159
    291 Wescott 6,516 5,205
    292 Weinberger 6,870 4,897
    293 Wrenn 6,566 5,160
    294 Wilmoth 6,516 5,205
    295 Wiener German 6,528 5,191
    296 Woodford English, place 6,757 4,989
    297 Wester 6,532 5,187
    298 Westerman 6,620 5,117
    299 Wingard 6,766 4,983
    300 Wight 6,863 4,904
    301 Willie 6,720 5,025
    302 Wojciechowski 6,721 5,023
    303 Wilmot patronymic 6,854 4,910
    304 Welty 6,894 4,876
    305 Whitford English, place 6,989 4,793
    306 Winchell 7,195 4,644
    307 Westover 7,071 4,734
    308 Whiteley 6,935 4,834
    309 Waltman 6,956 4,822
    310 Welter 7,080 4,729
    311 Wachter 7,247 4,601
    312 Watford English, place 7,194 4,646
    313 Wittman German 7,061 4,739
    314 Walley 7,078 4,730
    315 Wildman 7,151 4,678
    316 Welton English, place 7,028 4,761
    317 Wysocki Polish 7,035 4,758
    318 Wilborn 7,047 4,752
    319 Waldo English, patronymic 7,120 4,699
    320 Walcott English, place 7,641 4,346
    321 Weng 7,145 4,680
    322 Weissman German 7,215 4,627
    323 Weitzel 7,295 4,569
    324 Winger 7,650 4,342
    325 Warrington English 7,441 4,477
    326 Wyche 7,287 4,573
    327 Wortman 7,291 4,572
    328 Wroblewski Polish 7,293 4,570
    329 Wolter 7,384 4,511
    330 Weisman 7,707 4,308
    331 Woolf 7,426 4,485
    332 Wacker 7,356 4,530
    333 Walk 7,470 4,460
    334 Wulf 7,397 4,499
    335 Wrobel 7,408 4,493
    336 Wideman 7,578 4,385
    337 Weese 7,437 4,478
    338 Wanner 7,536 4,411
    339 Whitener 7,481 4,453
    340 Weidman 7,629 4,350
    341 Wargo 7,497 4,442
    342 Waring 7,671 4,330
    343 Wisner 7,725 4,296
    344 Wilfong 7,584 4,382
    345 Wine 7,674 4,327
    346 Wald 8,172 4,057
    347 Whitted 7,671 4,330
    348 Woodland 7,758 4,280
    349 Won 7,702 4,309
    350 Warnick 7,730 4,295
    351 Witham place 7,734 4,293
    352 Whitacre 7,812 4,238
    353 Wendell patronymic 8,244 4,020
    354 Witter English 7,776 4,268
    355 Wert 7,795 4,248
    356 Waldon 7,900 4,190
    357 Waddle 7,940 4,167
    358 Wirtz German 7,942 4,166
    359 Winans 8,266 4,010
    360 Worthen 7,888 4,197
    361 Wexler German 8,676 3,787
    362 Woodhouse 8,316 3,985
    363 Wilkey 7,909 4,183
    364 Wages 7,915 4,180
    365 Welling 7,947 4,164
    366 Winkelman 8,093 4,097
    367 Willman 7,995 4,137
    368 Wilkens English, patronymic 8,114 4,086
    369 Winton English, place 8,408 3,930
    370 Winkle 8,131 4,077
    371 Weekley English, place 8,139 4,072
    372 Wilcher 8,148 4,069
    373 Woosley place 8,198 4,048
    374 Winner 8,547 3,853
    375 Wiser 8,281 4,002
    376 Widner 8,299 3,992
    377 Weintraub German 8,665 3,792
    378 Wolters 8,700 3,773
    379 Wadley English, place 8,342 3,968
    380 Work 8,599 3,828
    381 Wardell 8,425 3,923
    382 Waites 8,635 3,808
    383 Wolfson 8,768 3,740
    384 Weise German 8,590 3,834
    385 Wendling 8,536 3,855
    386 Weeden 8,646 3,803
    387 Weathersby 8,570 3,844
    388 Whisenant 8,581 3,838
    389 Willette 8,589 3,835
    390 Wheelock 8,602 3,827
    391 Werth German 8,728 3,757
    392 Wessels 8,641 3,805
    393 Westerfield 8,753 3,748
    394 Wille 8,780 3,734
    395 Waterhouse 9,129 3,577
    396 Wickman 8,695 3,775
    397 Wolverton 8,828 3,711
    398 Wiebe 8,736 3,754
    399 Watterson 8,873 3,690
    400 Willhite 8,805 3,719