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    The surname Wierenga

    A surname, carried by 1,105 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex W652

    Wierenga: #23,100 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wierenga #23,100, 1,105 people Wierenga: #23,100 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wierenga #23,100, 1,105 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wierenga is more common than 85.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,105 people named Wierenga in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 279,408 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,088.

    #23,100
    rank among US surnames
    1,105
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.6%
    change since 2000 (was #22,164)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #23,096Lade1,106279,155
    #23,100Huckabay1,105279,408

    Who is named Wierenga

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

    96% of people named Wierenga identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • 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.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Wierenga?
    1,105 people in the United States had the surname Wierenga in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 279,408 Americans. It ranked 23,100th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wierenga?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wierenga identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Wierenga getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,088 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,105 in 2010, up 1.6%.