How common is the surname Wienke?

1,017 people in the United States had the surname Wienke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 303,585 Americans. It ranked 24,572nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wienke?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wienke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Wienke getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,022 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,017 in 2010, down 0.5%.

The surname Wienke

A surname, carried by 1,017 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex W520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wienke is more common than 84.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,017 people named Wienke in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 303,585 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,022.

#24,572

rank among US surnames

1,017

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-0.5%

change since 2000 (was #23,273)

Who is named Wienke

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

96% of people named Wienke identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wienke

Wienke has the Soundex code W520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W520.

Questions

How common is the surname Wienke?: 1,017 people in the United States had the surname Wienke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 303,585 Americans. It ranked 24,572nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wienke?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wienke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Wienke getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,022 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,017 in 2010, down 0.5%.