How common is the surname Wedel?

2,830 people in the United States had the surname Wedel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,097 Americans. It ranked 11,174th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wedel?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wedel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Wedel getting more or less common?

More common. 2,738 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,830 in 2010, up 3.4%.

The surname Wedel

A surname, carried by 2,830 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W340

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wedel is more common than 93.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,830 people named Wedel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 109,097 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,738.

#11,174

rank among US surnames

2,830

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #10,708)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,168	Dewar	2,833	108,982
#11,170	Gines	2,832	109,020
#11,172	Rothe	2,831	109,059
#11,174	Hornung	2,830	109,097
#11,179	Lucey	2,829	109,136
#11,183	Bruhn	2,828	109,175

Who is named Wedel

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

95% of people named Wedel identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wedel

Weddle

Wedel has the Soundex code W340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W340.

Questions

How common is the surname Wedel?: 2,830 people in the United States had the surname Wedel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,097 Americans. It ranked 11,174th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wedel?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wedel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Wedel getting more or less common?: More common. 2,738 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,830 in 2010, up 3.4%.