# Webster (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/webster/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English surname originating as an occupation for someone who was a weaver.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 72,625 |
| US rank (2010) | 453 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,251 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.6% (70,123 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈwɛbstɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Webster in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 74% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Webster in the United States, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United Kingdom.

## People named Webster

- Noah Webster, American lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, writer, edit
- Daniel Webster, 14th and 19th United States Secretary of State (1782–1852)
- Jean Webster, American novelist (1876-1916)
- Ben Webster, American jazz saxophonist (1909–1973)
- William H. Webster, American attorney and jurist, former Chairperson of the Homeland Security Advisory Council
- Victor Webster, actor
- Alex Webster, American bassist
- Martell Webster, American basketball player (born 1986)
- Bob Webster, American diver
- Faye Webster, American folk singer and photographer
- Paul Francis Webster, American lyricist (1907–1984)
- Rowena Webster, Australian female water polo player

and 12 more on Wikidata.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.