How common is the surname Wenz?

1,779 people in the United States had the surname Wenz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 173,550 Americans. It ranked 16,228th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Wenz getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,795 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,779 in 2010, down 0.9%.

The surname Wenz

A surname, carried by 1,779 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex W520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wenz is more common than 90% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,779 people named Wenz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 173,550 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,795.

#16,228

rank among US surnames

1,779

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-0.9%

change since 2000 (was #15,078)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,219	Stennett	1,780	173,453
#16,228	Thiede	1,779	173,550

Who is named Wenz

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

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

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Two or more races 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wenz

Wenz has the Soundex code W520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W520.

Questions

How common is the surname Wenz?: 1,779 people in the United States had the surname Wenz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 173,550 Americans. It ranked 16,228th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wenz?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Wenz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as two or more races.
Is the surname Wenz getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,795 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,779 in 2010, down 0.9%.