# Waggoner (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/waggoner/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname originating as an occupation for a wagoner.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 14,983 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,417 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 20,606 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.9% (14,556 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Waggoner in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Waggoner in the United States.

## People named Waggoner

- Lyle Waggoner, American actor (1935-2020)

## Similar surnames

Wagner, Wagoner, Wegner, Wagener, Waggener, Wisner, Wiesner, Wegener, Wesner, Weisner, Woessner, Wisener.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.