How common is the surname Wehr?

2,753 people in the United States had the surname Wehr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 112,149 Americans. It ranked 11,440th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wehr?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Wehr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Wehr getting more or less common?

More common. 2,694 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,753 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Wehr

A surname, carried by 2,753 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex W600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wehr is more common than 92.9% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,753 people named Wehr in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 112,149 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,694.

#11,440

rank among US surnames

2,753

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #10,860)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,436	Bovee	2,754	112,108
#11,440	Wehr	2,753	112,149
#11,443	Nygaard	2,752	112,190
#11,448	Mancillas	2,751	112,230

Who is named Wehr

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

94% of people named Wehr identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wehr

Wehr has the Soundex code W600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W600.

Questions

How common is the surname Wehr?: 2,753 people in the United States had the surname Wehr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 112,149 Americans. It ranked 11,440th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wehr?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Wehr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Wehr getting more or less common?: More common. 2,694 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,753 in 2010, up 2.2%.