How common is the surname Wetmore?

3,152 people in the United States had the surname Wetmore in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 97,952 Americans. It ranked 10,228th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wetmore?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wetmore identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Wetmore?

Alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist and avian paleontologist (1886-1978), followed by George P. Wetmore.

Where is the surname Wetmore most common?

Wikidata records people named Wetmore in the United States.

Is the surname Wetmore getting more or less common?

More common. 3,147 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,152 in 2010, up 0.2%.

The surname Wetmore

A surname, carried by 3,152 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W356

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wetmore is more common than 93.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,152 people named Wetmore in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 97,952 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,147.

#10,228

rank among US surnames

3,152

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+0.2%

change since 2000 (was #9,475)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,219	Greeson	3,154	97,890
#10,224	Michelson	3,153	97,921
#10,228	Trammel	3,152	97,952
#10,232	Lukens	3,151	97,983
#10,233	Edington	3,150	98,014
#10,234	Livermore	3,149	98,046
#10,237	Gruver	3,148	98,077

Who is named Wetmore

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

96% of people named Wetmore identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wetmores

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alexander Wetmore
American ornithologist and avian paleontologist (1886-1978)
George P. Wetmore
American politician (1846–1921)
Elizabeth Bisland
American writer and journalist, 1861–1929

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wetmore

Wetmore has the Soundex code W356, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W356.

Questions

How common is the surname Wetmore?: 3,152 people in the United States had the surname Wetmore in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 97,952 Americans. It ranked 10,228th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wetmore?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wetmore identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Wetmore?: Alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist and avian paleontologist (1886-1978), followed by George P. Wetmore.
Where is the surname Wetmore most common?: Wikidata records people named Wetmore in the United States.
Is the surname Wetmore getting more or less common?: More common. 3,147 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,152 in 2010, up 0.2%.