as a Last Name
- 6,636
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Wainwright
Meaning & Origins
English (chiefly Lancashire and Yorkshire): occupational name for a maker of carts or wagons, Middle English waynwright (see Wayne + Wright).
| 4,571st in the U.S. for 2011 |
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 6,636
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Louisiana
- has the most people named Wainwright per capita
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