How common is the surname Wedemeyer?

1,046 people in the United States had the surname Wedemeyer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 295,168 Americans. It ranked 24,075th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wedemeyer?

In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Wedemeyer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Wedemeyer getting more or less common?

More common. 1,028 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,046 in 2010, up 1.8%.

The surname Wedemeyer

A surname, carried by 1,046 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex W356

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wedemeyer is more common than 85.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,046 people named Wedemeyer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 295,168 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,028.

#24,075

rank among US surnames

1,046

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #23,167)

Who is named Wedemeyer

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

89% of people named Wedemeyer identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
Two or more races 3.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Wedemeyer?: 1,046 people in the United States had the surname Wedemeyer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 295,168 Americans. It ranked 24,075th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wedemeyer?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Wedemeyer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Wedemeyer getting more or less common?: More common. 1,028 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,046 in 2010, up 1.8%.