How common is the surname Wert?

4,248 people in the United States had the surname Wert in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,680 Americans. It ranked 7,795th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wert?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wert identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Wert getting more or less common?

More common. 4,216 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,248 in 2010, up 0.8%.

The surname Wert

A surname, carried by 4,248 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex W630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wert is more common than 95.2% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,248 people named Wert in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 72,680 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,216.

#7,795

rank among US surnames

4,248

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+0.8%

change since 2000 (was #7,289)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,791	Jeon	4,253	72,595
#7,793	Kellerman	4,252	72,612
#7,794	Sabol	4,250	72,646
#7,795	Wert	4,248	72,680

Who is named Wert

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

95% of people named Wert identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wert

Wert has the Soundex code W630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W630.

Questions

How common is the surname Wert?: 4,248 people in the United States had the surname Wert in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,680 Americans. It ranked 7,795th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wert?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wert identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Wert getting more or less common?: More common. 4,216 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,248 in 2010, up 0.8%.