How common is the surname Wager?

3,428 people in the United States had the surname Wager in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,066 Americans. It ranked 9,488th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wager?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Wager identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Wager getting more or less common?

More common. 3,316 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,428 in 2010, up 3.4%.

The surname Wager

A surname, carried by 3,428 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wager is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,428 people named Wager in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 90,066 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,316.

#9,488

rank among US surnames

3,428

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #9,064)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,483	Lundin	3,431	89,987
#9,484	Holleman	3,430	90,013
#9,486	Brathwaite	3,429	90,040
#9,488	Schirmer	3,428	90,066
#9,491	Rimmer	3,426	90,118
#9,493	Pickle	3,425	90,145

Who is named Wager

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

92% of people named Wager identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
Two or more races 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
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 Wager

Wager 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 Wager?: 3,428 people in the United States had the surname Wager in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,066 Americans. It ranked 9,488th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wager?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Wager identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Wager getting more or less common?: More common. 3,316 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,428 in 2010, up 3.4%.