There are two small but distinct populations of Waycotts in Devon from c1750 onwards. One, from which I am descended, is southeast of Dartmoor, in the Buckfastleigh/Ashburton/Totnes triangle, and up into the moor at Holne and Widecombe. The other is southwest of Dartmoor, around Shaugh Prior, Sheepstor and Walkhampton, and in the Tavy and Tamar valleys. All the Waycotts in the world appear to have spread out from these points.The name is only very rarely found outside Devon before the middle of the 19th century. Even after that there is very limited movement. In the UK there are small outcrops in Wales, Kent, Surrey and Durham. They followed their trades where they led: paper-making from the Dart Valley to South Wales; the Royal Navy and Royal Marines from the naval dockyards in Plymouth to those in Kent; carpentry and joinery from Plymouth to the new suburbs springing up in Surrey; and mining from the tin and copper mines of the Tamar Valley to the Durham coalfields.The east coast of Canada was the main focus of emigration, especially for seafarers, and families spread from there across the United States. There are also Waycotts in Australia but none that I know of in New Zealand. If you know better, surprise me!