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    The surname Wetter

    A surname, carried by 1,553 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W360

    Wetter: #17,980 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wetter #17,980, 1,553 people Wetter: #17,980 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wetter #17,980, 1,553 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wetter is more common than 88.9% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,553 people named Wetter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 198,806 Americans. That is up 8.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,438.

    #17,980
    rank among US surnames
    1,553
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8%
    change since 2000 (was #17,924)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,975Archila1,554198,678
    #17,980Plath1,553198,806

    Who is named Wetter

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

    95% of people named Wetter identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wetter

    Wetter has the Soundex code W360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W360.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Wetter?
    1,553 people in the United States had the surname Wetter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 198,806 Americans. It ranked 17,980th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wetter?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wetter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Wetter getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,438 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,553 in 2010, up 8.0%.