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    The surname Wacker

    A surname, carried by 4,530 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W260

    Wacker: #7,356 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wacker #7,356, 4,530 people Wacker: #7,356 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wacker #7,356, 4,530 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wacker is more common than 95.5% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,530 people named Wacker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,156 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,864.

    #7,356
    rank among US surnames
    4,530
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +17.2%
    change since 2000 (was #7,941)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,350Dirks4,53468,096
    #7,351Dehaven4,53268,126
    #7,353Zorn4,53168,141
    #7,356Wacker4,53068,156
    #7,357Mercurio4,52868,186

    Who is named Wacker

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

    89% of people named Wacker identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wacker

    Wacker has the Soundex code W260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W260.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Wacker?
    4,530 people in the United States had the surname Wacker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,156 Americans. It ranked 7,356th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wacker?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Wacker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Wacker getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,864 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,530 in 2010, up 17%.