How common is the surname Wertheimer?

1,116 people in the United States had the surname Wertheimer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 276,654 Americans. It ranked 22,924th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wertheimer?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wertheimer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Wertheimer?

Max Wertheimer, Austro-Hungarian psychologist (1880–1943).

Where is the surname Wertheimer most common?

Wikidata records people named Wertheimer in the United States.

Is the surname Wertheimer getting more or less common?

More common. 1,022 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,116 in 2010, up 9.2%.

The surname Wertheimer

A surname, carried by 1,116 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex W635

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wertheimer is more common than 85.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,116 people named Wertheimer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 276,654 Americans. That is up 9.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,022.

#22,924

rank among US surnames

1,116

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+9.2%

change since 2000 (was #23,273)

Who is named Wertheimer

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

95% of people named Wertheimer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wertheimers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Max Wertheimer
Austro-Hungarian psychologist (1880–1943)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wertheimer

Wertman

Wertheimer has the Soundex code W635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W635.

Questions

How common is the surname Wertheimer?: 1,116 people in the United States had the surname Wertheimer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 276,654 Americans. It ranked 22,924th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wertheimer?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wertheimer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Wertheimer?: Max Wertheimer, Austro-Hungarian psychologist (1880–1943).
Where is the surname Wertheimer most common?: Wikidata records people named Wertheimer in the United States.
Is the surname Wertheimer getting more or less common?: More common. 1,022 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,116 in 2010, up 9.2%.