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The surname Westendorf

A surname, carried by 1,885 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex W235

Westendorf: #15,527 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Westendorf #15,527, 1,885 people Westendorf: #15,527 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Westendorf #15,527, 1,885 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Westendorf is more common than 90.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,885 people named Westendorf in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 163,791 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,834.

#15,527
rank among US surnames
1,885
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+2.8%
change since 2000 (was #14,831)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#15,520Ewen1,886163,704
#15,527Rayas1,885163,791
#15,533Kadlec1,884163,878

Who is named Westendorf

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

95% of people named Westendorf identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
  • Two or more races 1.3%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Westendorf

Westendorf has the Soundex code W235, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W235.

Questions

How common is the surname Westendorf?
1,885 people in the United States had the surname Westendorf in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 163,791 Americans. It ranked 15,527th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Westendorf?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Westendorf identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Westendorf getting more or less common?
More common. 1,834 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,885 in 2010, up 2.8%.