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    The surname Wagoner

    An occupational surname, carried by 15,118 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex W256

    Wagoner: #2,401 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Wagoner #2,401, 15,118 people Wagoner: #2,401 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wagoner #2,401, 15,118 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wagoner is more common than 98.5% of them.

    Origin

    From wagoner. Doublet of Wagner.

    Wagoner is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 15,118 people named Wagoner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 20,422 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,841.

    #2,401
    rank among US surnames
    15,118
    people in 2010
    5.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.9%
    change since 2000 (was #2,252)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,392Chong15,14620,385
    #2,393Lemon15,14020,393
    #2,394Kearns15,13620,398
    #2,395Mohammed15,13220,403
    #2,396Purdy15,12620,412
    #2,398Falcon15,12520,413
    #2,399Flint15,12320,416

    Who is named Wagoner

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

    92% of people named Wagoner identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Wagoners

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Porter Wagoner
      American country singer (1927–2007)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Wagoner

    Wagoner has the Soundex code W256, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W256.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Wagoner come from?
    From wagoner. Doublet of Wagner.
    How common is the surname Wagoner?
    15,118 people in the United States had the surname Wagoner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,422 Americans. It ranked 2,401st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wagoner?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Wagoner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Wagoner?
    Porter Wagoner, American country singer (1927–2007).
    Where is the surname Wagoner most common?
    Wikidata records people named Wagoner in the United States.
    What type of surname is Wagoner?
    Wagoner is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Wagoner getting more or less common?
    More common. 14,841 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,118 in 2010, up 1.9%.
    What are other spellings of Wagoner?
    Waggoner.