How common is the surname Woessner?

1,342 people in the United States had the surname Woessner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 230,064 Americans. It ranked 19,976th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Woessner?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Woessner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Woessner getting more or less common?

More common. 1,314 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,342 in 2010, up 2.1%.

The surname Woessner

A surname, carried by 1,342 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W256

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Woessner is more common than 87.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,342 people named Woessner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 230,064 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,314.

#19,976

rank among US surnames

1,342

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.1%

change since 2000 (was #19,136)

Who is named Woessner

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

95% of people named Woessner identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.5%
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 Woessner

Woessner has the Soundex code W256, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W256.

Questions

How common is the surname Woessner?: 1,342 people in the United States had the surname Woessner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 230,064 Americans. It ranked 19,976th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Woessner?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Woessner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Woessner getting more or less common?: More common. 1,314 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,342 in 2010, up 2.1%.