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    The surname Wojahn

    A German surname, carried by 557 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W250

    Wojahn: #39,486 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Wojahn #39,486, 557 people Wojahn: #39,486 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Wojahn #39,486, 557 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wojahn is more common than 75.7% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Wojahn, a germanized form of an Old Slavic personal name based on Proto-Slavic *bojьnъ (“military”)

    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 557 people named Wojahn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 554,301 Americans. That is up 9.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 508.

    #39,486
    rank among US surnames
    557
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.6%
    change since 2000 (was #40,552)

    Who is named Wojahn

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

    97% of people named Wojahn identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Wojahn come from?
    Borrowed from German Wojahn, a germanized form of an Old Slavic personal name based on Proto-Slavic *bojьnъ (“military”)
    How common is the surname Wojahn?
    557 people in the United States had the surname Wojahn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 554,301 Americans. It ranked 39,486th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wojahn?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Wojahn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Wojahn getting more or less common?
    More common. 508 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 557 in 2010, up 9.6%.