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    The surname Wente

    A surname, carried by 1,055 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex W530

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wente is more common than 85.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,055 people named Wente in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 292,650 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 993.

    #23,920
    rank among US surnames
    1,055
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.2%
    change since 2000 (was #23,781)

    Who is named Wente

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

    97% of people named Wente identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as two or more races and 1.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wente

    Wente has the Soundex code W530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W530.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Wente?
    1,055 people in the United States had the surname Wente in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 292,650 Americans. It ranked 23,920th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wente?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Wente identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Wente getting more or less common?
    More common. 993 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,055 in 2010, up 6.2%.