How common is the surname Warnock?

5,159 people in the United States had the surname Warnock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,846 Americans. It ranked 6,567th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Warnock?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Warnock identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Warnock?

Raphael Warnock, American pastor and politician (born 1969), followed by John Warnock.

Where is the surname Warnock most common?

Wikidata records people named Warnock in the United States.

Is the surname Warnock getting more or less common?

More common. 5,065 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,159 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname Warnock

An occupational surname, carried by 5,159 people in the United States.

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). Warnock is more common than 96% of them.

Origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Giolla Mhearnóg (“son of the servant of (Saint) Mearnóg”), the patron saint of Kilmarnock.

Warnock 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 5,159 people named Warnock in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 59,846 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,065.

#6,567

rank among US surnames

5,159

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #6,217)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,562	Endres	5,163	59,800
#6,565	MacGregor	5,161	59,823
#6,566	Wrenn	5,160	59,834
#6,567	Gaylord	5,159	59,846
#6,569	Stlouis	5,158	59,858

Who is named Warnock

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

93% of people named Warnock identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Warnocks

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Raphael Warnock
American pastor and politician (born 1969)
John Warnock
American computer scientist, inventor and technology businessman (1940–2023)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Warnock

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

Questions

Where does the surname Warnock come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Giolla Mhearnóg (“son of the servant of (Saint) Mearnóg”), the patron saint of Kilmarnock.
How common is the surname Warnock?: 5,159 people in the United States had the surname Warnock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,846 Americans. It ranked 6,567th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Warnock?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Warnock identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Warnock?: Raphael Warnock, American pastor and politician (born 1969), followed by John Warnock.
Where is the surname Warnock most common?: Wikidata records people named Warnock in the United States.
What type of surname is Warnock?: Warnock is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Warnock getting more or less common?: More common. 5,065 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,159 in 2010, up 1.9%.