How common is the surname Wegener?

3,120 people in the United States had the surname Wegener in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,957 Americans. It ranked 10,326th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wegener?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wegener identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Wegener getting more or less common?

More common. 3,053 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,120 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Wegener

A surname, carried by 3,120 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex W256

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wegener is more common than 93.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,120 people named Wegener in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 98,957 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,053.

#10,326

rank among US surnames

3,120

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #9,774)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,320	Merlo	3,122	98,894
#10,324	Joo	3,121	98,925
#10,326	Wegener	3,120	98,957
#10,331	Magruder	3,119	98,989
#10,332	Hauer	3,118	99,020
#10,334	Cheshire	3,117	99,052

Who is named Wegener

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

95% of people named Wegener identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wegener

Wegener has the Soundex code W256, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W256.

Questions

How common is the surname Wegener?: 3,120 people in the United States had the surname Wegener in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,957 Americans. It ranked 10,326th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wegener?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wegener identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Wegener getting more or less common?: More common. 3,053 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,120 in 2010, up 2.2%.