Surname Checker / Waite
How Common Is the Last Name Waite?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Waite today
20,665
Ranked #1,936 of 162,254 published surnames · 6.33 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 18,664 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
86.17%
Black
8.43%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.72%
Hispanic
2.38%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.