How common is the surname Wellner?

1,085 people in the United States had the surname Wellner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 284,558 Americans. It ranked 23,432nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wellner?

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

Is the surname Wellner getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,105 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,085 in 2010, down 1.8%.

The surname Wellner

A surname, carried by 1,085 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W456

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wellner is more common than 85.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,085 people named Wellner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 284,558 Americans. That is down 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,105.

#23,432

rank among US surnames

1,085

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-1.8%

change since 2000 (was #21,902)

Who is named Wellner

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

95% of people named Wellner identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Two or more races 0.7%

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 Wellner

Wellner has the Soundex code W456, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W456.

Questions

How common is the surname Wellner?: 1,085 people in the United States had the surname Wellner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 284,558 Americans. It ranked 23,432nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wellner?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wellner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Wellner getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,105 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,085 in 2010, down 1.8%.