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The surname Wegrzyn

A Polish surname, carried by 1,026 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex W262

Wegrzyn: #24,404 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Wegrzyn #24,404, 1,026 people Wegrzyn: #24,404 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Wegrzyn #24,404, 1,026 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wegrzyn is more common than 85% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

From Polish Węgrzyn.

One of 304 Polish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,026 people named Wegrzyn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 300,922 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 994.

#24,404
rank among US surnames
1,026
people in 2010
0.3
per 100,000 Americans
+3.2%
change since 2000 (was #23,762)

Who is named Wegrzyn

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

98% of people named Wegrzyn identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 98%
  • Two or more races 1.4%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.5%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Other Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Wegrzyn come from?
From Polish Węgrzyn.
How common is the surname Wegrzyn?
1,026 people in the United States had the surname Wegrzyn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,922 Americans. It ranked 24,404th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wegrzyn?
In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Wegrzyn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as two or more races.
Is the surname Wegrzyn getting more or less common?
More common. 994 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,026 in 2010, up 3.2%.