How common is the surname Wexler?

3,787 people in the United States had the surname Wexler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,528 Americans. It ranked 8,676th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wexler?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wexler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Wexler?

Haskell Wexler, American filmmaker (1922-2015), followed by Jerry Wexler.

Where is the surname Wexler most common?

Wikidata records people named Wexler in the United States and Argentina.

Is the surname Wexler getting more or less common?

More common. 3,784 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,787 in 2010, up 0.1%.

The surname Wexler

A German surname, carried by 3,787 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W246

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wexler is more common than 94.7% of them.

Origin

German origin

Variant of Wechsler, a surname from German Wechsler (“money changer”). Comparatively often found among Jews, but not specifically Jewish.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,787 people named Wexler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 81,528 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,784.

#8,676

rank among US surnames

3,787

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+0.1%

change since 2000 (was #8,073)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,668	Merkle	3,791	81,442
#8,669	McKim	3,790	81,463
#8,673	Boney	3,789	81,485
#8,676	McGaha	3,787	81,528
#8,679	Prine	3,786	81,549
#8,681	Swinson	3,784	81,592

Who is named Wexler

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

96% of people named Wexler identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
Two or more races 0.8%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wexlers

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Haskell Wexler
American filmmaker (1922-2015)
Jerry Wexler
American music producer, journalist (1917–2008)
Nancy Wexler
American geneticist, born 1945
Tanya Wexler
American film director, born 1970
Robert Wexler
American politician (born 1961)
Paul Wexler
American actor (1929-1979)
Eleonora Wexler
Argentine actress, born 1974
Harry Wexler
American meteorologist (1911-1962)

Notable Wexlers come mostly from the United States (7) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wexler

Wechsler

Wexler has the Soundex code W246, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W246.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Wexler come from?: Variant of Wechsler, a surname from German Wechsler (“money changer”). Comparatively often found among Jews, but not specifically Jewish.
How common is the surname Wexler?: 3,787 people in the United States had the surname Wexler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,528 Americans. It ranked 8,676th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wexler?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wexler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Wexler?: Haskell Wexler, American filmmaker (1922-2015), followed by Jerry Wexler.
Where is the surname Wexler most common?: Wikidata records people named Wexler in the United States and Argentina.
Is the surname Wexler getting more or less common?: More common. 3,784 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,787 in 2010, up 0.1%.