Explore the Family Name Wyne

The meaning of Wyne

1. English and Scottish: variant of Wine (see Winn). 2. Dutch: variant, archaic or Americanized, of Wijne, itself a variant of Winne. 3. Americanized form of German and Jewish Wein.

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How common is the last name Wyne in the United States?

According to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Wyne has seen a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Wyne ranked as the 30,443rd most common surname in the United States, with 724 individuals carrying it. By 2010, the rank had dropped to 32,268th, and the count of people with this surname had fallen slightly to 714. This represents a change of -5.99 in rank and -1.38 in count over the decade. The proportion of the population with the Wyne surname per 100,000 also decreased during this period by 11.11%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#30,443	#32,268	-5.99%
Count	724	714	-1.38%
Proportion per 100k	0.27	0.24	-11.11%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Wyne

As for the ethnic identity associated with the surname Wyne, based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, there has been some shift between 2000 and 2010. The largest group identifying with this surname are White, at 79.83% in 2000 increasing to 82.63% in 2010. The next largest ethnic group is Black, although their proportion decreased from 13.26% in 2000 to 7.28% in 2010. Notably, the percentage of those of Asian/Pacific Islander ethnicity increased from 3.73% to 5.88%, while the Hispanic representation also increased from 0.97% to 2.38%. The groups identifying as Two or more races and American Indian and Alaskan Native were not represented in the 2010 data.

	2000	2010	Change
White	79.83%	82.63%	3.51%
Black	13.26%	7.28%	-45.1%
Asian/Pacific Islander	3.73%	5.88%	57.64%
Hispanic	0.97%	2.38%	145.36%
Two or More Races	1.24%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.97%	0%	0%