How rare is the last name Wylie?

11,289 people in the United States have the last name Wylie, about 1 in 26,477. It ranks #3,108 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

WYLIE

#3,108

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,289
About
1 in 26,477
This common or more
53%
Who bears it

Of the 11,289 people with the last name Wylie, 79.1% reported their origin as White, 10.8% as Black and 4.8% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Spelled almost the same

2 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Wylie, most common first.

Also a first name

As a first name, Wylie ranks #5,056 of 53,615, with 3,483 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2025, with 240 births. See Wylie as a first name

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