The surname Wagar
A surname, carried by 1,649 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex W260
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,649 people named Wagar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 187,232 Americans. That is up 7.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,528.
#17,176
rank among US surnames
1,649
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+7.9%
change since 2000 (was #17,128)
Who is named Wagar
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
88% of people named Wagar identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 88%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 7.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
- Two or more races 1.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Wagar
Wagar 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 Wagar?
- 1,649 people in the United States had the surname Wagar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 187,232 Americans. It ranked 17,176th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Wagar?
- In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Wagar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Is the surname Wagar getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,528 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,649 in 2010, up 7.9%.