How common is the surname Weatherwax?

1,491 people in the United States had the surname Weatherwax in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 207,073 Americans. It ranked 18,511th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Weatherwax?

In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Weatherwax identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Who is the most famous person named Weatherwax?

Ken Weatherwax, American actor (1955-2014).

Where is the surname Weatherwax most common?

Wikidata records people named Weatherwax in the United States.

Is the surname Weatherwax getting more or less common?

More common. 1,410 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,491 in 2010, up 5.7%.

The surname Weatherwax

A surname, carried by 1,491 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex W362

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Weatherwax is more common than 88.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,491 people named Weatherwax in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 207,073 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,410.

#18,511

rank among US surnames

1,491

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+5.7%

change since 2000 (was #18,196)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,502	Meidinger	1,493	206,795
#18,507	In	1,492	206,934
#18,511	Frain	1,491	207,073

Who is named Weatherwax

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

87% of people named Weatherwax identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
American Indian and Alaska Native 4.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
Two or more races 3.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Weatherwaxs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ken Weatherwax
American actor (1955-2014)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Weatherwax

Weatherwax 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 Weatherwax?: 1,491 people in the United States had the surname Weatherwax in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 207,073 Americans. It ranked 18,511th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Weatherwax?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Weatherwax identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Weatherwax?: Ken Weatherwax, American actor (1955-2014).
Where is the surname Weatherwax most common?: Wikidata records people named Weatherwax in the United States.
Is the surname Weatherwax getting more or less common?: More common. 1,410 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,491 in 2010, up 5.7%.