How common is the surname Wehunt?

1,050 people in the United States had the surname Wehunt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 294,043 Americans. It ranked 24,012th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wehunt?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Wehunt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Is the surname Wehunt getting more or less common?

More common. 1,021 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,050 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Wehunt

A surname, carried by 1,050 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wehunt is more common than 85.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,050 people named Wehunt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 294,043 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,021.

#24,012

rank among US surnames

1,050

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #23,283)

Who is named Wehunt

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

97% of people named Wehunt identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 97%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
Two or more races 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wehunt

Wehunt has the Soundex code W530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W530.

Questions

How common is the surname Wehunt?: 1,050 people in the United States had the surname Wehunt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 294,043 Americans. It ranked 24,012th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wehunt?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Wehunt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Is the surname Wehunt getting more or less common?: More common. 1,021 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,050 in 2010, up 2.8%.