How common is the surname Westerman?

5,117 people in the United States had the surname Westerman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,337 Americans. It ranked 6,620th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Westerman?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Westerman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Westerman?

Bruce Westerman, American politician.

Where is the surname Westerman most common?

Wikidata records people named Westerman in the United States.

Is the surname Westerman getting more or less common?

More common. 5,100 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,117 in 2010, up 0.3%.

The surname Westerman

A surname, carried by 5,117 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex W236

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Westerman is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,117 people named Westerman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 60,337 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 5,100.

#6,620

rank among US surnames

5,117

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+0.3%

change since 2000 (was #6,185)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,613	Kellar	5,120	60,302
#6,616	Detweiler	5,119	60,314
#6,618	Reams	5,118	60,325
#6,620	Westerman	5,117	60,337
#6,621	Kizer	5,116	60,349

Who is named Westerman

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

94% of people named Westerman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Westermans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bruce Westerman
American politician, born 1967

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Westerman

Westerman 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 Westerman?: 5,117 people in the United States had the surname Westerman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,337 Americans. It ranked 6,620th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Westerman?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Westerman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Westerman?: Bruce Westerman, American politician.
Where is the surname Westerman most common?: Wikidata records people named Westerman in the United States.
Is the surname Westerman getting more or less common?: More common. 5,100 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,117 in 2010, up 0.3%.