How common is the surname Wohlgemuth?

1,347 people in the United States had the surname Wohlgemuth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 229,210 Americans. It ranked 19,924th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wohlgemuth?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wohlgemuth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Wohlgemuth?

Ludwig von Wohlgemuth, Austrian general (1788-1851).

Where is the surname Wohlgemuth most common?

Wikidata records people named Wohlgemuth in the Austrian Empire.

Is the surname Wohlgemuth getting more or less common?

More common. 1,229 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,347 in 2010, up 9.6%.

The surname Wohlgemuth

A German surname, carried by 1,347 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex W425

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

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Wohlgemuth.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,347 people named Wohlgemuth in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 229,210 Americans. That is up 9.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,229.

#19,924

rank among US surnames

1,347

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+9.6%

change since 2000 (was #20,167)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,924	Meigs	1,347	229,210
#19,933	Dunkelberger	1,346	229,380

Who is named Wohlgemuth

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

95% of people named Wohlgemuth identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.3%
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 Wohlgemuths

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ludwig von Wohlgemuth
Austrian general (1788-1851)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Wolgamott

Wohlgemuth has the Soundex code W425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W425.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Wohlgemuth come from?: Borrowed from German Wohlgemuth.
How common is the surname Wohlgemuth?: 1,347 people in the United States had the surname Wohlgemuth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 229,210 Americans. It ranked 19,924th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wohlgemuth?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wohlgemuth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Wohlgemuth?: Ludwig von Wohlgemuth, Austrian general (1788-1851).
Where is the surname Wohlgemuth most common?: Wikidata records people named Wohlgemuth in the Austrian Empire.
Is the surname Wohlgemuth getting more or less common?: More common. 1,229 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,347 in 2010, up 9.6%.
What are other spellings of Wohlgemuth?: Wolgamott.