How common is the surname Wegner?

8,192 people in the United States had the surname Wegner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,689 Americans. It ranked 4,336th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wegner?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wegner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Wegner?

Daniel Wegner, American psychologist.

Where is the surname Wegner most common?

Wikidata records people named Wegner in the United States.

Is the surname Wegner getting more or less common?

Less common. 8,224 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,192 in 2010, down 0.4%.

The surname Wegner

A surname, carried by 8,192 people in the United States.

2 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). Wegner is more common than 97.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,192 people named Wegner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,689 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 8,224.

#4,336

rank among US surnames

8,192

people in 2010

2.8

per 100,000 Americans

-0.4%

change since 2000 (was #3,965)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,327	DeAngelo	8,205	37,629
#4,329	Settle	8,202	37,643
#4,330	Spearman	8,199	37,656
#4,331	Monaco	8,198	37,661
#4,333	Redmon	8,197	37,666
#4,334	Sides	8,194	37,679
#4,335	Leiva	8,193	37,684

Who is named Wegner

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

95% of people named Wegner identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wegners

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Daniel Wegner
American psychologist, 1948–2013

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wegner

Wegner 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 Wegner?: 8,192 people in the United States had the surname Wegner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,689 Americans. It ranked 4,336th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wegner?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wegner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Wegner?: Daniel Wegner, American psychologist.
Where is the surname Wegner most common?: Wikidata records people named Wegner in the United States.
Is the surname Wegner getting more or less common?: Less common. 8,224 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,192 in 2010, down 0.4%.