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Wayne

in West Virginia

There are 237 people with the last name "Wayne" in West Virginia.

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Ranking in West Virginia

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Wayne 1,134
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  1. is 1,130th most common Gunter
  2. is 1,131st most common Preece
  3. is 1,132nd most common Reel
  4. is 1,133rd most common Stapleton
  5. is 1,134th most common Wayne
  6. is 1,135th most common Waddell
  7. is 1,136th most common Peyton
  8. is 1,137th most common Ridenour
  9. is 1,138th most common Talbott

Similar Names and Nicknames

Wann, Waynick, Wain, Wayner, Wayno, Whyno, Waynee, Wainio, Weyn, Waun

Most Common First Names for Wayne

Robert, David, James, Joyce, Steve, Daniel, Jason, John, Kenneth, Michael

Meaning & History

English: metonymic occupational name for a carter or cartwright, from Middle English wain ‘cart’, ‘wagon’ (Old English wægen). Occasionally it may have been a habitational name for someone who lived at a house distinguished with this sign, probably from the constellation of the Plow, known in the Middle Ages as Charles's Wain, the reference being to Charlemagne.

FOREBEARS Anthony Wayne and his son Isaac, of English ancestry, came from Ireland to Chester Co., PA, in about 1724. Gen. Anthony Wayne (1745–96), born in Waynesboro, PA, was a prominent military officer in the American Revolution and the Indian war of 1794–95.

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