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    The surname Wilner

    A surname, carried by 1,256 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W456

    Wilner: #20,961 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wilner #20,961, 1,256 people Wilner: #20,961 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wilner #20,961, 1,256 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wilner is more common than 87.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,256 people named Wilner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 245,817 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,110.

    #20,961
    rank among US surnames
    1,256
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.2%
    change since 2000 (was #21,832)

    Who is named Wilner

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

    90% of people named Wilner identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wilner

    Wilner 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 Wilner?
    1,256 people in the United States had the surname Wilner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 245,817 Americans. It ranked 20,961st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wilner?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Wilner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Wilner getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,110 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,256 in 2010, up 13%.