The surname Wester
A surname, carried by 5,187 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex W236
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 5,187 people named Wester in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 59,523 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,065.
#6,532
rank among US surnames
5,187
people in 2010
1.8
per 100,000 Americans
+2.4%
change since 2000 (was #6,217)
Who is named Wester
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
86% of people named Wester identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 86%
- Black (not Hispanic) 8.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
- Two or more races 1.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Wester
Wester has the Soundex code W236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W236.
Questions
- How common is the surname Wester?
- 5,187 people in the United States had the surname Wester in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,523 Americans. It ranked 6,532nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Wester?
- In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Wester identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Wester getting more or less common?
- More common. 5,065 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,187 in 2010, up 2.4%.