How common is the surname Woerner?

2,606 people in the United States had the surname Woerner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,475 Americans. It ranked 11,984th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Woerner?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Woerner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Woerner getting more or less common?

More common. 2,586 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,606 in 2010, up 0.8%.

The surname Woerner

A surname, carried by 2,606 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W656

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Woerner is more common than 92.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,606 people named Woerner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 118,475 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,586.

#11,984

rank among US surnames

2,606

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+0.8%

change since 2000 (was #11,237)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,977	Fleshman	2,608	118,384
#11,982	McCay	2,607	118,429
#11,984	Laclair	2,606	118,475
#11,988	Burchard	2,605	118,520
#11,993	Chubb	2,604	118,566

Who is named Woerner

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

95% of people named Woerner identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

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 Woerner

Werner

Woerner has the Soundex code W656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W656.

Questions

How common is the surname Woerner?: 2,606 people in the United States had the surname Woerner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,475 Americans. It ranked 11,984th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Woerner?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Woerner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Woerner getting more or less common?: More common. 2,586 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,606 in 2010, up 0.8%.