Wainwright Family History
Wainwright Name Meaning
English (chiefly Lancashire and Yorkshire): occupational name for a
maker of carts or wagons, Middle English waynwright (see
Wayne + Wright).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Wainwright Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Wainwright families
 45 - 88  16 - 44 |
 1 - 15  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Wainwright families
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1,005 - 2,008 336 - 1,004 |
1 - 335 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Wainwright families
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7 - 12 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Wainwright Family Origin
Wainwright Immigration Information
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Wainwright Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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