The surname Widger
A surname, carried by 1,006 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex W326
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,006 people named Widger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 306,904 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,007.
#24,762
rank among US surnames
1,006
people in 2010
0.3
per 100,000 Americans
-0.1%
change since 2000 (was #23,514)
Who is named Widger
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
93% of people named Widger identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as two or more races and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 93%
- Two or more races 2.5%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.7%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Widger has the Soundex code W326, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W326.
Questions
- How common is the surname Widger?
- 1,006 people in the United States had the surname Widger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 306,904 Americans. It ranked 24,762nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Widger?
- In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Widger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Widger getting more or less common?
- Less common. 1,007 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,006 in 2010, down 0.1%.