How common is the surname Wamsley?

3,350 people in the United States had the surname Wamsley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,163 Americans. It ranked 9,687th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wamsley?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Wamsley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Wamsley getting more or less common?

More common. 3,277 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,350 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Wamsley

A surname, carried by 3,350 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W524

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wamsley is more common than 94% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,350 people named Wamsley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 92,163 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,277.

#9,687

rank among US surnames

3,350

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #9,154)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,683	Garrard	3,353	92,080
#9,684	Blanc	3,352	92,108
#9,686	Kunze	3,351	92,135
#9,687	Scholten	3,350	92,163
#9,691	Paramo	3,348	92,218
#9,692	Geis	3,347	92,245

Who is named Wamsley

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

94% of people named Wamsley identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Wamsley?: 3,350 people in the United States had the surname Wamsley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,163 Americans. It ranked 9,687th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wamsley?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Wamsley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Wamsley getting more or less common?: More common. 3,277 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,350 in 2010, up 2.2%.