How common is the surname Werner?

34,488 people in the United States had the surname Werner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,952 Americans. It ranked 1,013th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Werner?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Werner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Werner?

Oskar Werner, actor (1922-1984), followed by Axel Werner.

Where is the surname Werner most common?

Wikidata records people named Werner in the United States, Austria and Argentina and 3 other countries.

Is the surname Werner getting more or less common?

More common. 34,352 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 34,488 in 2010, up 0.4%.

Is Werner also a first name?

Yes. Werner is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Werner

A German surname, carried by 34,488 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W656 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Werner is more common than 99.4% of them.

Origin

German origin

A surname from German.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 34,488 people named Werner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 8,952 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 34,352.

#1,013

rank among US surnames

34,488

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+0.4%

change since 2000 (was #931)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,004	Nieves	34,896	8,848
#1,005	Petty	34,882	8,851
#1,006	McGrath	34,871	8,854
#1,007	Kaufman	34,844	8,861
#1,008	Holden	34,824	8,866
#1,009	Krause	34,722	8,892
#1,010	Baird	34,721	8,892

Who is named Werner

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

95% of people named Werner identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Werners

14 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Oskar Werner
Actor (1922-1984)
Axel Werner
Argentinian association football player, born 1996
Tom Werner
American television producer and businessman, born 1950
Franz Werner
Austrian zoologist and explorer (1867-1939)
Kenny Werner
American jazz pianist, composer, and author, born 1951
Peter Werner
American film and television director (1947–2023)
Gregor Werner
Austrian composer, 1693–1766
Margot Werner
Austrian ballet dancer, singer and actor (1937–2012)
Karl Werner
Austrian church historian (1821–1888)
Olivier Werner
Belgian footballer, born 1985
Theodore B. Werner
American congressman for South Dakota (1892-1989)
August Werner
Association footballer (1896-1968)

Notable Werners come mostly from the United States (5), Austria (3) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Werner

Werner has the Soundex code W656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W656.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Werner come from?: Werner is German in origin.
How common is the surname Werner?: 34,488 people in the United States had the surname Werner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,952 Americans. It ranked 1,013th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Werner?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Werner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Werner?: Oskar Werner, actor (1922-1984), followed by Axel Werner.
Where is the surname Werner most common?: Wikidata records people named Werner in the United States, Austria and Argentina and 3 other countries.
Is the surname Werner getting more or less common?: More common. 34,352 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 34,488 in 2010, up 0.4%.
Is Werner also a first name?: Yes. Werner is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.