Last Name WEMYSS

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Meaning Local: from the town of Wemyss in Fifeshire. rBhe family are descended from John, son of Macduff, Thane of Fife, who assumed the name from his lands.
Local: First assumed by the proprietors of the lands anciently called Wemyss-shire, in Fife-shire, Scotland, which contained all that tract of ground lying between the lower part of the waters of Ore, and the sea. These lands received their name from the great number of caves that are there, all along the sea-coast. A cave in the old Gaelic or Celtic, was called 'vumhs' or 'uamh;' from that these lands received the name of Vumhs-shire - 'Wemys-shire.' The family of Wemyss derive their origin from the family of Macduff, Maormor of Fife, in the reign of Malcom Canmore. The lands now forming the parish of Wemyss, are said to have been part of the estate of Macduff, Shakespeare's well-known Thane of Fife.
Origin Scottish, Irish

Rank 69,428 (2000 US census)
Count 264 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 95.83%, or 253 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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