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The surname Wasinger

A surname, carried by 1,209 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex W252

Wasinger: #21,583 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wasinger #21,583, 1,209 people Wasinger: #21,583 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wasinger #21,583, 1,209 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wasinger is more common than 86.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,209 people named Wasinger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 255,373 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 976.

#21,583
rank among US surnames
1,209
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+23.9%
change since 2000 (was #24,115)

Who is named Wasinger

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

83% of people named Wasinger identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 83%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 13%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
  • Two or more races 1.2%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wasinger

Wasinger has the Soundex code W252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W252.

Questions

How common is the surname Wasinger?
1,209 people in the United States had the surname Wasinger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 255,373 Americans. It ranked 21,583rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wasinger?
In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Wasinger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Wasinger getting more or less common?
More common. 976 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,209 in 2010, up 24%.