How common is the surname Wentz?

8,376 people in the United States had the surname Wentz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,861 Americans. It ranked 4,231st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wentz?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Wentz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Wentz?

Pete Wentz, American musician, followed by Carson Wentz.

Where is the surname Wentz most common?

Wikidata records people named Wentz in the United States.

Is the surname Wentz getting more or less common?

Less common. 8,395 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,376 in 2010, down 0.2%.

The surname Wentz

A surname, carried by 8,376 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex W532

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wentz is more common than 97.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,376 people named Wentz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,861 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 8,395.

#4,231

rank among US surnames

8,376

people in 2010

2.8

per 100,000 Americans

-0.2%

change since 2000 (was #3,886)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,222	Leighton	8,399	36,760
#4,224	Rausch	8,398	36,764
#4,225	Dion	8,395	36,777
#4,226	Cade	8,391	36,795
#4,227	Aguiar	8,390	36,799
#4,228	Cave	8,389	36,804
#4,229	Dagostino	8,388	36,808

Who is named Wentz

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

94% of people named Wentz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wentzs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Pete Wentz
American musician, born 1979
Carson Wentz
American football player (born 1992)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wentz

Wentz has the Soundex code W532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W532.

Questions

How common is the surname Wentz?: 8,376 people in the United States had the surname Wentz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,861 Americans. It ranked 4,231st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wentz?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Wentz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Wentz?: Pete Wentz, American musician, followed by Carson Wentz.
Where is the surname Wentz most common?: Wikidata records people named Wentz in the United States.
Is the surname Wentz getting more or less common?: Less common. 8,395 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,376 in 2010, down 0.2%.