Explore the Family Name Wyre

The meaning of Wyre

English (West Midlands): variant of Wire, Ware, or Weir.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Wyre slightly declined from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Wyre was the 40,908th most common surname in the United States with 503 individuals carrying it. By 2010, however, the rank had dropped to 44,109 and the count of people with this surname had marginally reduced to 488. This represented a decrease of about 3% in the number of people with the Wyre surname and a drop of approximately 7.82 places in terms of popularity ranking.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#40,908	#44,109	-7.82%
Count	503	488	-2.98%
Proportion per 100k	0.19	0.17	-10.53%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Wyre

In relation to ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows some shifts among those with the Wyre surname between 2000 and 2010. The proportion identifying as White decreased by about 8.51 percent, falling from 54.87 percent in 2000 to 50.20 percent in 2010. Conversely, the percentage of those identifying as Black increased by nearly 10 percent, rising from 40.36 percent in 2000 to 44.26 percent in 2010. There was also a notable increase in the Hispanic population with this surname, which almost doubled from 2.19 percent in 2000 to 4.10 percent in 2010. Meanwhile, the proportion identifying with two or more races saw a significant decline of over half, down from 2.19 percent in 2000 to just 1.02 percent in 2010. No individuals with the Wyre surname identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	54.87%	50.2%	-8.51%
Black	40.36%	44.26%	9.66%
Hispanic	2.19%	4.1%	87.21%
Two or More Races	2.19%	1.02%	-53.42%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%