How common is the surname Warne?

2,722 people in the United States had the surname Warne in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,426 Americans. It ranked 11,550th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Warne?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Warne identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Warne?

Shane Warne, Australian cricketer (1969–2022).

Where is the surname Warne most common?

Wikidata records people named Warne in Australia.

Is the surname Warne getting more or less common?

More common. 2,542 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,722 in 2010, up 7.1%.

The surname Warne

An English place surname, carried by 2,722 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex W650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Warne is more common than 92.9% of them.

Origin

English origin

Habitational surname from a minor place in Devon recorded as Wagefen in the Domesday Book, probably from Old English wagian (“to sway, shake, quiver”) + fen (“bog, marsh”).

Warne is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,722 people named Warne in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 113,426 Americans. That is up 7.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,542.

#11,550

rank among US surnames

2,722

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+7.1%

change since 2000 (was #11,375)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,543	Woodrow	2,723	113,384
#11,550	Comerford	2,722	113,426
#11,553	Stice	2,721	113,468
#11,555	Rall	2,720	113,509

Who is named Warne

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

93% of people named Warne identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Warnes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Shane Warne
Australian cricketer (1969–2022)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Warnes

Surnames that sound like Warne

Warne has the Soundex code W650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W650.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Warne come from?: Habitational surname from a minor place in Devon recorded as Wagefen in the Domesday Book, probably from Old English wagian (“to sway, shake, quiver”) + fen (“bog, marsh”).
How common is the surname Warne?: 2,722 people in the United States had the surname Warne in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,426 Americans. It ranked 11,550th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Warne?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Warne identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Warne?: Shane Warne, Australian cricketer (1969–2022).
Where is the surname Warne most common?: Wikidata records people named Warne in Australia.
What type of surname is Warne?: Warne is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Warne getting more or less common?: More common. 2,542 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,722 in 2010, up 7.1%.
What are other spellings of Warne?: Warnes.