How common is the surname Waring?

4,330 people in the United States had the surname Waring in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,304 Americans. It ranked 7,671st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Waring?

Laura Wheeler Waring, African American painter (1887-1948), followed by Fred Waring.

Where is the surname Waring most common?

Wikidata records people named Waring in the United States.

How do you pronounce Waring?

Waring is /ˈwɛɹɪŋ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Waring getting more or less common?

More common. 4,320 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,330 in 2010, up 0.2%.

The surname Waring

A surname, carried by 4,330 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈwɛɹɪŋ/ 2 syllables Soundex W652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Waring is more common than 95.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,330 people named Waring in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 71,304 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 4,320.

#7,671

rank among US surnames

4,330

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+0.2%

change since 2000 (was #7,133)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,665	Knorr	4,333	71,254
#7,666	Moorhead	4,332	71,271
#7,668	Seibel	4,331	71,287
#7,671	Whitted	4,330	71,304
#7,673	Kellner	4,329	71,320

Who is named Waring

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

73% of people named Waring identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 73%
Black (not Hispanic) 22%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Warings

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Laura Wheeler Waring
African American painter (1887-1948)
Fred Waring
American musician (1900–1984)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Warring
Wearing

Surnames that sound like Waring

Waring has the Soundex code W652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W652.

Questions

How common is the surname Waring?: 4,330 people in the United States had the surname Waring in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,304 Americans. It ranked 7,671st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Waring?: In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Waring identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Waring?: Laura Wheeler Waring, African American painter (1887-1948), followed by Fred Waring.
Where is the surname Waring most common?: Wikidata records people named Waring in the United States.
How do you pronounce Waring?: Waring is /ˈwɛɹɪŋ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Waring getting more or less common?: More common. 4,320 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,330 in 2010, up 0.2%.
What are other spellings of Waring?: Warring and Wearing.