How common is the surname Werth?

3,757 people in the United States had the surname Werth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,179 Americans. It ranked 8,728th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Werth?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Werth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Werth?

Jayson Werth, American baseball player.

Where is the surname Werth most common?

Wikidata records people named Werth in the United States.

Is the surname Werth getting more or less common?

More common. 3,654 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,757 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Werth

A German surname, carried by 3,757 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). Werth is more common than 94.6% of them.

Origin

German origin

Ultimately from Alemannic German or German Werth, possibly via other languages like French or Russian Верт (Vert).

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 3,757 people named Werth in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 82,179 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,654.

#8,728

rank among US surnames

3,757

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #8,334)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,723	Glasscock	3,761	82,091
#8,724	Grundy	3,759	82,135
#8,727	Swiger	3,758	82,157
#8,728	Werth	3,757	82,179
#8,732	Chien	3,756	82,201
#8,734	Gilkey	3,755	82,223

Who is named Werth

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

95% of people named Werth identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Two or more races 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Werths

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jayson Werth
American baseball player, born 1979

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Werth

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Werth come from?: Ultimately from Alemannic German or German Werth, possibly via other languages like French or Russian Верт (Vert).
How common is the surname Werth?: 3,757 people in the United States had the surname Werth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,179 Americans. It ranked 8,728th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Werth?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Werth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Werth?: Jayson Werth, American baseball player.
Where is the surname Werth most common?: Wikidata records people named Werth in the United States.
Is the surname Werth getting more or less common?: More common. 3,654 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,757 in 2010, up 2.8%.