How common is the surname Wensel?

1,154 people in the United States had the surname Wensel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 267,544 Americans. It ranked 22,334th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wensel?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Wensel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Wensel getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,230 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,154 in 2010, down 6.2%.

The surname Wensel

A surname, carried by 1,154 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W524

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wensel is more common than 86.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,154 people named Wensel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 267,544 Americans. That is down 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,230.

#22,334

rank among US surnames

1,154

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-6.2%

change since 2000 (was #20,152)

Who is named Wensel

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

97% of people named Wensel identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.0%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wensel

Wenzel

Wensel has the Soundex code W524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W524.

Questions

How common is the surname Wensel?: 1,154 people in the United States had the surname Wensel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 267,544 Americans. It ranked 22,334th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wensel?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Wensel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Wensel getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,230 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,154 in 2010, down 6.2%.