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    The surname Wedgeworth

    A surname, carried by 1,468 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W326

    Wedgeworth: #18,715 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wedgeworth #18,715, 1,468 people Wedgeworth: #18,715 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wedgeworth #18,715, 1,468 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wedgeworth is more common than 88.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,468 people named Wedgeworth in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 210,317 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,437.

    #18,715
    rank among US surnames
    1,468
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.2%
    change since 2000 (was #17,935)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,715Larrea1,468210,317
    #18,724Clyne1,467210,460

    Who is named Wedgeworth

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

    73% of people named Wedgeworth identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 73%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 20%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wedgeworth

    Wedgeworth has the Soundex code W326, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W326.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Wedgeworth?
    1,468 people in the United States had the surname Wedgeworth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 210,317 Americans. It ranked 18,715th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wedgeworth?
    In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Wedgeworth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Wedgeworth getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,437 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,468 in 2010, up 2.2%.