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    The surname Wehrman

    A surname, carried by 1,261 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W655

    Wehrman: #20,899 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wehrman #20,899, 1,261 people Wehrman: #20,899 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wehrman #20,899, 1,261 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wehrman is more common than 87.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,261 people named Wehrman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 244,842 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,240.

    #20,899
    rank among US surnames
    1,261
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.7%
    change since 2000 (was #20,023)

    Who is named Wehrman

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

    95% of people named Wehrman identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wehrman

    Wehrman has the Soundex code W655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W655.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Wehrman?
    1,261 people in the United States had the surname Wehrman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 244,842 Americans. It ranked 20,899th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wehrman?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wehrman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Wehrman getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,240 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,261 in 2010, up 1.7%.