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    The surname Wauters

    A surname, carried by 459 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W362

    Wauters: #46,404 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Wauters #46,404, 459 people Wauters: #46,404 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Wauters #46,404, 459 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wauters is more common than 71.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 459 people named Wauters in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 672,648 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 457.

    #46,404
    rank among US surnames
    459
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.4%
    change since 2000 (was #44,350)

    Who is named Wauters

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

    93% of people named Wauters identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Wauterss

    8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ann Wauters
      Belgian basketball player (born 1980)
    • Marc Wauters
      Belgian cyclist, born 1969
    • Eddy Wauters
      Belgian association football player, 1933–2025
    • Willem Wauters
      Belgian bicycle racer, born 1989
    • Eric Wauters
      Belgian equestrian, 1951–1999
    • Alphonse Wauters
      Belgian historian and archivist (1817-1898)
    • Joseph Wauters
      Belgian cyclist (1906-1975)
    • Emile Wauters
      Belgian painter (1846-1933)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wauters

    Wauters has the Soundex code W362, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W362.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Wauters?
    459 people in the United States had the surname Wauters in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 672,648 Americans. It ranked 46,404th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wauters?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Wauters identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Wauters?
    Ann Wauters, Belgian basketball player (born 1980), followed by Marc Wauters.
    Where is the surname Wauters most common?
    Wikidata records people named Wauters in Belgium.
    Is the surname Wauters getting more or less common?
    More common. 457 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 459 in 2010, up 0.4%.