The waits Surname

waits Name Meaning and History

English: patronymic from Waite.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The waits name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the waits family name as far back in history as possible.

waits Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of waits Families in the US in 1920

Number of waits families

50-98

17-49

1-16

Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Thread	Author	Replies
Harvey Waits	colletta53	0
DNA Profiles	adicken1	0
George Waites	SCuschieri	0
WAITS in Louisiana--John Waits m. Cynthia? Waits	Katie	4
Henry G Waits	Kathleen	2
Waits from Arkansas	sherrystewy_1	7
Seeking parents and grandparents of John F Waits b. about 1835 in OHIO	BarbaraWaits54	0
ANNA ST. ELMO WAITS	Sherie Hodges	5
William Leroy Waites/Waits Madison Co. AR	Beth Waits	5
Elizabeth or Eliza Waits	Lavena Young	8

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