How common is the surname Westling?

1,507 people in the United States had the surname Westling in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 204,874 Americans. It ranked 18,378th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Westling?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Westling identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Westling getting more or less common?

More common. 1,354 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,507 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Westling

A surname, carried by 1,507 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W234

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Westling is more common than 88.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,507 people named Westling in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 204,874 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,354.

#18,378

rank among US surnames

1,507

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+11.3%

change since 2000 (was #18,735)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,378	Prohaska	1,507	204,874
#18,385	Roder	1,506	205,010

Who is named Westling

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

95% of people named Westling identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Westling

Westling has the Soundex code W234, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W234.

Questions

How common is the surname Westling?: 1,507 people in the United States had the surname Westling in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 204,874 Americans. It ranked 18,378th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Westling?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Westling identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Westling getting more or less common?: More common. 1,354 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,507 in 2010, up 11%.