Whye Surname
Approximately 933 people bear this surname
Whye Surname User-submission:
My family's surname was spelled Wye but it was changed to Whye after the 1890 US census. I have traced my family members on ancestry.com and it showed how their surname was spelled Wye before the census and the h was added on the census making it Whye.
Read More About This SurnameWhye Surname Distribution Map
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 681 | 1:532,245 | 44,270 |
Singapore | 90 | 1:61,197 | 2,397 |
Australia | 53 | 1:509,353 | 38,491 |
Malaysia | 34 | 1:867,477 | 39,690 |
South Africa | 27 | 1:2,006,582 | 90,678 |
New Zealand | 23 | 1:196,884 | 20,367 |
Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
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England | 54 | 1:451,396 | 25,813 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Whye (523) may also be a first name.
Whye Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
My family's surname was spelled Wye but it was changed to Whye after the 1890 US census. I have traced my family members on ancestry.com and it showed how their surname was spelled Wye before the census and the h was added on the census making it Whye. Many of my family members are from Maryland, then some of them moved to Delaware and a few moved to Ohio.
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Whye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Whye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Whye occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Whye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 381,790th most common family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 7,810,875 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 73 percent of Whye are found; 73 percent are found in North America and 73 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Whye is also the 369,131st most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 523 people.
It is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 681 people, or 1 in 532,245. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Maryland, where 62 percent live, Delaware, where 10 percent live and Pennsylvania, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this last name occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in Singapore, where 10 percent live and Australia, where 6 percent live.
Whye Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Whye has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 8,513 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 93 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Whye Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Whye last name are 12.32% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 59.09% being registered with the party.
Whye earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.29% less than the national average, earning $42,160 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
---|---|---|---|
Whyee | 89 | 587 | / |
Whyea | 89 | 13 | / |
Whyed | 89 | 1 | / |
Whyeh | 89 | 1 | / |
Whyie | 89 | 1 | / |
Wchye | 89 | 1 | / |
Wye | 86 | 1,658 | / |
Waheye | 80 | 13 | / |
Wehaye | 80 | 12 | / |
Wehyie | 80 | 3 | / |
Whyhea | 80 | 1 | / |
Wehe | 75 | 1,491 | / |
Whie | 75 | 88 | / |
Wihe | 75 | 38 | / |
Wyhe | 75 | 28 | / |
Wyee | 75 | 12 | / |
Wyeh | 75 | 9 | / |
Wyie | 75 | 6 | / |
Wehy | 75 | 4 | / |
Wihy | 75 | 3 | / |
Hwye | 75 | 2 | / |
Wähe | 75 | 2 | / |
Hbye | 75 | 2 | / |
Whjy | 75 | 1 | / |
Vhye | 75 | 1 | / |
Vwye | 75 | 1 | / |
Wjye | 75 | 1 | / |
Wyhy | 75 | 1 | / |
Whiejye | 73 | 1 | / |
Wahayie | 73 | 1 | / |
Wahayee | 73 | 1 | / |
Waheyee | 73 | 1 | / |
Whyheet | 73 | 1 | / |
Wiehe | 67 | 2,824 | / |
Waiye | 67 | 448 | / |
Wayie | 67 | 111 | / |
Woyie | 67 | 80 | / |
Wijhe | 67 | 76 | / |
Weiye | 67 | 70 | / |
Woiye | 67 | 39 | / |
Wyher | 67 | 37 | / |
Wyess | 67 | 22 | / |
Wajhe | 67 | 11 | / |
Wejhe | 67 | 10 | / |
Waaye | 67 | 8 | / |
Wehea | 67 | 7 | / |
Whiee | 67 | 6 | / |
Whier | 67 | 6 | / |
Wyhet | 67 | 5 | / |
Whiie | 67 | 5 | / |
Håbye | 67 | 5 | / |
Wayye | 67 | 4 | / |
Wjheh | 67 | 3 | / |
Høbye | 67 | 3 | / |
Whehe | 67 | 3 | / |
Whihe | 67 | 2 | / |
Wheay | 67 | 2 | / |
Weahy | 67 | 2 | / |
Wyhee | 67 | 2 | / |
Wehay | 67 | 1 | / |
Whiyi | 67 | 1 | / |
Wehey | 67 | 1 | / |
Wihay | 67 | 1 | / |
Wyhie | 67 | 1 | / |
Wyech | 67 | 1 | / |
Whiyo | 67 | 1 | / |
Weyie | 67 | 1 | / |
Hvyoe | 67 | 1 | / |
Whaae | 67 | 1 | / |
Whiey | 67 | 1 | / |
Wyaee | 67 | 1 | / |
Wiéhe | 67 | 1 | / |
Wuehe | 67 | 1 | / |
Wujye | 67 | 1 | / |
Whiep | 67 | 1 | / |
Wyehe | 67 | 0 | / |
Wyeht | 67 | 0 | / |
Wyohe | 67 | 0 | / |
Whieh | 67 | 0 | / |
Wyeds | 67 | 0 | / |
Wehei | 67 | 0 | / |
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- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Whye
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