How common is the surname Wenger?

10,596 people in the United States had the surname Wenger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,138 Americans. It ranked 3,369th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wenger?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wenger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Wenger?

Susanne Wenger, Austrian-Nigerian artist (1915-2009), followed by Lauren Wenger.

Where is the surname Wenger most common?

Wikidata records people named Wenger in the United States and Austria.

Is the surname Wenger getting more or less common?

More common. 9,839 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,596 in 2010, up 7.7%.

The surname Wenger

A surname, carried by 10,596 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W526

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wenger is more common than 97.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,596 people named Wenger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,138 Americans. That is up 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,839.

#3,369

rank among US surnames

10,596

people in 2010

3.6

per 100,000 Americans

+7.7%

change since 2000 (was #3,333)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,360	Libby	10,631	29,042
#3,362	Crider	10,621	29,069
#3,363	Newkirk	10,620	29,072
#3,364	Malcolm	10,618	29,078
#3,365	Montenegro	10,606	29,110
#3,366	Gulley	10,605	29,113
#3,367	Maples	10,603	29,119

Who is named Wenger

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

96% of people named Wenger identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wengers

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Susanne Wenger
Austrian-Nigerian artist (1915-2009)
Lauren Wenger
American water polo player, born 1984
Andrew Wenger
American soccer player (born 1990)

Notable Wengers come mostly from the United States (2) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wenger

Wenger has the Soundex code W526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W526.

Questions

How common is the surname Wenger?: 10,596 people in the United States had the surname Wenger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,138 Americans. It ranked 3,369th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wenger?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wenger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Wenger?: Susanne Wenger, Austrian-Nigerian artist (1915-2009), followed by Lauren Wenger.
Where is the surname Wenger most common?: Wikidata records people named Wenger in the United States and Austria.
Is the surname Wenger getting more or less common?: More common. 9,839 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,596 in 2010, up 7.7%.