How common is the surname Westphal?

7,101 people in the United States had the surname Westphal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,479 Americans. It ranked 4,953rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Westphal?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Westphal identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Westphal?

Paul Westphal, American basketball player, coach, and commentator (1950–2021), followed by Christen Westphal.

Where is the surname Westphal most common?

Wikidata records people named Westphal in the United States.

Is the surname Westphal getting more or less common?

More common. 7,071 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,101 in 2010, up 0.4%.

The surname Westphal

A surname, carried by 7,101 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W231

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Westphal is more common than 96.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,101 people named Westphal in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,479 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 7,071.

#4,953

rank among US surnames

7,101

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

+0.4%

change since 2000 (was #4,592)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,944	Vandenberg	7,121	43,357
#4,945	Hogg	7,119	43,369
#4,947	Wilkie	7,116	43,388
#4,948	Wainwright	7,114	43,400
#4,949	Rainwater	7,111	43,418
#4,951	Enright	7,108	43,436
#4,952	Ackley	7,102	43,473

Who is named Westphal

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

95% of people named Westphal identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Westphals

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Paul Westphal
American basketball player, coach, and commentator (1950–2021)
Christen Westphal
American soccer player, born 1993

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Westphal

Westphal has the Soundex code W231, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W231.

Questions

How common is the surname Westphal?: 7,101 people in the United States had the surname Westphal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,479 Americans. It ranked 4,953rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Westphal?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Westphal identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Westphal?: Paul Westphal, American basketball player, coach, and commentator (1950–2021), followed by Christen Westphal.
Where is the surname Westphal most common?: Wikidata records people named Westphal in the United States.
Is the surname Westphal getting more or less common?: More common. 7,071 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,101 in 2010, up 0.4%.