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    The surname Wesner

    A surname, carried by 2,349 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W256

    Wesner: #13,073 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wesner #13,073, 2,349 people Wesner: #13,073 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wesner #13,073, 2,349 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wesner is more common than 91.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,349 people named Wesner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 131,437 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,259.

    #13,073
    rank among US surnames
    2,349
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4%
    change since 2000 (was #12,573)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,065Crownover2,350131,381
    #13,073Nutting2,349131,437
    #13,079Spink2,348131,493
    #13,081Orduno2,347131,549

    Who is named Wesner

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

    94% of people named Wesner identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wesner

    Wesner has the Soundex code W256, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W256.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Wesner?
    2,349 people in the United States had the surname Wesner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,437 Americans. It ranked 13,073rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wesner?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Wesner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Wesner getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,259 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,349 in 2010, up 4.0%.