The surname Westra
A surname, carried by 2,177 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 2,177 people named Westra in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 141,822 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,821.
#13,874
rank among US surnames
2,177
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+19.5%
change since 2000 (was #14,912)
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #13,867 | Flock | 2,179 | 141,691 |
| #13,871 | Seman | 2,178 | 141,756 |
| #13,874 | Hymes | 2,177 | 141,822 |
| #13,883 | Vandenheuvel | 2,176 | 141,887 |
Who is named Westra
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
88% of people named Westra identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 88%
- Black (not Hispanic) 7.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
- Two or more races 1.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Westra
Westra 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 Westra?
- 2,177 people in the United States had the surname Westra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,822 Americans. It ranked 13,874th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Westra?
- In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Westra identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Westra getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,821 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,177 in 2010, up 20%.