The surname Western
A surname, carried by 2,767 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈwɛs.təɹn/ 2 syllables Soundex W236
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,767 people named Western in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 111,581 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,683.
#11,395
rank among US surnames
2,767
people in 2010
0.9
per 100,000 Americans
+3.1%
change since 2000 (was #10,888)
Who is named Western
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
82% of people named Western identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 82%
- Black (not Hispanic) 10%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.7%
- Two or more races 1.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Western
Western 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 Western?
- 2,767 people in the United States had the surname Western in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,581 Americans. It ranked 11,395th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Western?
- In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Western identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
- How do you pronounce Western?
- Western is /ˈwɛs.təɹn/, 2 syllables.
- Is the surname Western getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,683 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,767 in 2010, up 3.1%.