The Wages surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,180 people carried this name — #7,915 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 70,400 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (4,166).

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In print

Wages in American newspapers,
1873–1913.

Newspaper page from The Starkville News carrying the name Wages
The Starkville News 1911-02-10
Newspaper page from Canton Weekly Register carrying the name Wages
Canton Weekly Register 1913-09-04
Newspaper page from Canton Register carrying the name Wages
Canton Register 1873-07-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 197 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Wages in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1980s.

2,502 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Wages. The most, 484, date from the 1910s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in the Northern Territory, at 26.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 872
Victoria 576
Queensland 417
South Australia 222
Western Australia 181
Tasmania 123
Northern Territory 85
ACT (Canberra) 25

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Wages.

Who carried it

People named Wages,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Peter Wages 1888–1938 · politician
  • Margreet Wages 1925–2007 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · 3 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Wages,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States200 records

200 records of the Wages name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 143
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 39
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 9
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Chester H. Wages

    Born 1912 in Kansas. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Leavenworth; blacksmith from Leavenworth County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1980, buried at Leavenworth National Cemetery, Kansas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Jerry Leon Wages

    Born 1949; from Atlanta, Georgia. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Anna Wages

    Arrived at New York in 1876 aboard the Donau from Bremen, aged 18; farmer. From Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 200 records for Wages in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Germany3 records

3 records of the Wages name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Wilhelm Wages

    From Giesenkirchen, M.-Gladbach. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 23 November 1916 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 205).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Johann Wages

    From Raderbroich, M.-Gladbach. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 7 February 1916.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Wages in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Wages name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Madeleine Celina Alfredine Wages

    Born 1894 in Suzy; died 1972 in Viry-Noureuil (Aisne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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