The Wyant surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,498 people carried this name — #5,359 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 45,500 people counted. That is up 5% from 6,192 in 2000.

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In print

Wyant in American newspapers,
1882–1912.

Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Wyant
Daily Kennebec Journal 1882-01-27
Newspaper page from The Jones County News carrying the name Wyant
The Jones County News 1912-08-15
Newspaper page from The Farmer And Mechanic carrying the name Wyant
The Farmer And Mechanic 1912-06-18

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 14,488 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Wyant in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1950s.

96 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Wyant. The most, 21, date from the 1950s. 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 Queensland, at 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 40
Queensland 29
Victoria 9
South Australia 7
Western Australia 5
Tasmania 4
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Wyant,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Alexander Helwig Wyant
    Alexander Helwig Wyant 1836–1892 · painter
  • Adam Martin Wyant
    Adam Martin Wyant 1869–1935 · lawyer
  • Fred Wyant
    Fred Wyant 1934–2021 · American football player
  • Gordon Michael Wyant 1914–2009 · physician
  • Robert Kriss Wyant 1918–1987 · writer
  • James C. Wyant 1943–2023 · physicist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Wyant,
in the records of 2 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 States402 records

402 records of the Wyant name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 190
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 70
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 66
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 58
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 14
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Joseph A. Wyant

    Born 1914 in Idaho. Enlisted 1943 at Salt Lake City, Utah; mechanic from Weber County, Utah. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Mount View Cemetery, Pocatello, Idaho.

    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 Alfred Leroy Wyant

    Born 1948; from Titusville, Pennsylvania. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; died of wounds 1968 in Quang Nam, 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 Francia Wyant

    Arrived at New York in 1860 aboard the Teutonia from Hamburg and Southampton, aged 29; laborer. From Germany.

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

Showing 3 of 402 records for Wyant in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). 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).

Netherlands3 records

3 records of the Wyant name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Coert Wyant

    Married in 1648 in Leeuwarden.

    Open Archives, AlleFriezen (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 3 records for Wyant in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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