# Wagoner (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/wagoner/  
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) | 15,118 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,401 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 20,422 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.9% (14,841 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Waggoner |

## Etymology

From wagoner. Doublet of Wagner.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Wagoner 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) | 3.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Wagoner in the United States.

## People named Wagoner

- Porter Wagoner, American country singer (1927–2007)

## Similar surnames

Wagner, Waggoner, 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.