How common is the surname Wagaman?

1,802 people in the United States had the surname Wagaman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 171,335 Americans. It ranked 16,071st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wagaman?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wagaman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Wagaman getting more or less common?

More common. 1,770 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,802 in 2010, up 1.8%.

The surname Wagaman

A surname, carried by 1,802 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex W255

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wagaman is more common than 90.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,802 people named Wagaman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 171,335 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,770.

#16,071

rank among US surnames

1,802

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #15,252)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,064	Ochsner	1,803	171,240
#16,071	Vales	1,802	171,335
#16,079	Wynkoop	1,801	171,430

Who is named Wagaman

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

96% of people named Wagaman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wagaman

Wagaman has the Soundex code W255, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W255.

Questions

How common is the surname Wagaman?: 1,802 people in the United States had the surname Wagaman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 171,335 Americans. It ranked 16,071st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wagaman?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wagaman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Wagaman getting more or less common?: More common. 1,770 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,802 in 2010, up 1.8%.