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    The surname Wendorf

    A German surname, carried by 1,458 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W536

    Wendorf: #18,793 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wendorf #18,793, 1,458 people Wendorf: #18,793 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wendorf #18,793, 1,458 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wendorf is more common than 88.4% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Wendorf.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,458 people named Wendorf in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 211,760 Americans. That is up 7.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,360.

    #18,793
    rank among US surnames
    1,458
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.2%
    change since 2000 (was #18,667)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,786Weisenberger1,459211,614
    #18,793Cort1,458211,760

    Who is named Wendorf

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

    96% of people named Wendorf identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wendorf

    Wendorf has the Soundex code W536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W536.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Wendorf come from?
    Borrowed from German Wendorf.
    How common is the surname Wendorf?
    1,458 people in the United States had the surname Wendorf in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 211,760 Americans. It ranked 18,793rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wendorf?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wendorf identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Wendorf getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,360 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,458 in 2010, up 7.2%.