How common is the surname Wenner?

3,174 people in the United States had the surname Wenner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 97,273 Americans. It ranked 10,166th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wenner?

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

Who is the most famous person named Wenner?

Jann Wenner, American magazine founder, followed by Christopher Wenner.

Where is the surname Wenner most common?

Wikidata records people named Wenner in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Wenner getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,292 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,174 in 2010, down 3.6%.

The surname Wenner

A surname, carried by 3,174 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W560

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wenner is more common than 93.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,174 people named Wenner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 97,273 Americans. That is down 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,292.

#10,166

rank among US surnames

3,174

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

-3.6%

change since 2000 (was #9,117)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,159	Goldsberry	3,176	97,212
#10,164	Harnish	3,175	97,243
#10,166	Wenner	3,174	97,273
#10,167	Feathers	3,173	97,304
#10,172	Hott	3,172	97,335
#10,174	Labrie	3,171	97,365

Who is named Wenner

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

96% of people named Wenner 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%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wenners

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jann Wenner
American magazine founder, born 1946
Christopher Wenner
British-East Timorese journalist and TV presenter, 1954–2021

Notable Wenners come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wenner

Wenner has the Soundex code W560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W560.

Questions

How common is the surname Wenner?: 3,174 people in the United States had the surname Wenner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 97,273 Americans. It ranked 10,166th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wenner?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wenner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Wenner?: Jann Wenner, American magazine founder, followed by Christopher Wenner.
Where is the surname Wenner most common?: Wikidata records people named Wenner in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Wenner getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,292 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,174 in 2010, down 3.6%.