How common is the surname Exner?

1,034 people in the United States had the surname Exner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 298,593 Americans. It ranked 24,260th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Exner?

Franz S. Exner, Austrian physicist (1849–1926), followed by Wilhelm Exner.

Where is the surname Exner most common?

Wikidata records people named Exner in Austria and the United States.

Is the surname Exner getting more or less common?

More common. 999 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,034 in 2010, up 3.5%.

The surname Exner

A German surname, carried by 1,034 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E256

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Exner is more common than 85% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Exner.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,034 people named Exner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 298,593 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 999.

#24,260

rank among US surnames

1,034

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #23,657)

Who is named Exner

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

97% of people named Exner identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Two or more races 1.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Exners

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Franz S. Exner
Austrian physicist (1849–1926)
Wilhelm Exner
Austrian engineer (1840-1931)
Felix Maria von Exner-Ewarten
Austrian meteorologist (1876-1930)
Sigmund Exner
Austrian physiologist (1846–1926)
Virgil Exner
American automobile designer (1909–1973)
Judith Exner
Alleged mistress (1934–1999)

Notable Exners come mostly from Austria (4) and the United States (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Exner

Exner has the Soundex code E256, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E256.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Exner come from?: Borrowed from German Exner.
How common is the surname Exner?: 1,034 people in the United States had the surname Exner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 298,593 Americans. It ranked 24,260th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Exner?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Exner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Exner?: Franz S. Exner, Austrian physicist (1849–1926), followed by Wilhelm Exner.
Where is the surname Exner most common?: Wikidata records people named Exner in Austria and the United States.
Is the surname Exner getting more or less common?: More common. 999 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,034 in 2010, up 3.5%.