How common is the surname Willner?

1,576 people in the United States had the surname Willner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 195,905 Americans. It ranked 17,775th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Willner?

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

Who is the most famous person named Willner?

Hal Willner, American record producer (1957–2020), followed by Alfred Maria Willner.

Where is the surname Willner most common?

Wikidata records people named Willner in the United States and Austria.

Is the surname Willner getting more or less common?

More common. 1,449 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,576 in 2010, up 8.8%.

The surname Willner

A surname, carried by 1,576 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W456

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Willner is more common than 89% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,576 people named Willner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 195,905 Americans. That is up 8.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,449.

#17,775

rank among US surnames

1,576

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+8.8%

change since 2000 (was #17,813)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,775	Willner	1,576	195,905
#17,784	Mallari	1,575	196,029

Who is named Willner

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

96% of people named Willner identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
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.

Famous Willners

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Hal Willner
American record producer (1957–2020)
Alfred Maria Willner
Austrian composer and librettist (1859-1929)

Notable Willners come mostly from the United States (1) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Willner

Willner has the Soundex code W456, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W456.

Questions

How common is the surname Willner?: 1,576 people in the United States had the surname Willner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 195,905 Americans. It ranked 17,775th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Willner?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Willner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Willner?: Hal Willner, American record producer (1957–2020), followed by Alfred Maria Willner.
Where is the surname Willner most common?: Wikidata records people named Willner in the United States and Austria.
Is the surname Willner getting more or less common?: More common. 1,449 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,576 in 2010, up 8.8%.