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Wayne

in the US

There are 10,572 people with the last name "Wayne" in the United States.

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Wayne 2,631
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  1. is 2,627th most common Cornwell
  2. is 2,628th most common Bollinger
  3. is 2,629th most common Person
  4. is 2,630th most common Wheatley
  5. is 2,631st most common Wayne
  6. is 2,632nd most common Edgar
  7. is 2,633rd most common Chisholm
  8. is 2,634th most common Mcarthur
  9. is 2,635th most common Matson

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Wayne

Robert, John, Michael, David, James, Richard, William, Thomas, Bruce

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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