How common is the surname Wolbert?

1,690 people in the United States had the surname Wolbert in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 182,690 Americans. It ranked 16,868th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wolbert?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wolbert identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Wolbert?

Dorothea Wolbert, American actress (1874 – 1958).

Where is the surname Wolbert most common?

Wikidata records people named Wolbert in the United States.

Is the surname Wolbert getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,712 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,690 in 2010, down 1.3%.

The surname Wolbert

A surname, carried by 1,690 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W416

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wolbert is more common than 89.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,690 people named Wolbert in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 182,690 Americans. That is down 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,712.

#16,868

rank among US surnames

1,690

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-1.3%

change since 2000 (was #15,670)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,860	Cermak	1,692	182,474
#16,864	Doyal	1,691	182,582
#16,868	Chmiel	1,690	182,690
#16,876	Melnik	1,689	182,798

Who is named Wolbert

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

95% of people named Wolbert identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.1%
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 Wolberts

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dorothea Wolbert
American actress (1874 – 1958)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wolbert

Wolbert has the Soundex code W416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W416.

Questions

How common is the surname Wolbert?: 1,690 people in the United States had the surname Wolbert in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 182,690 Americans. It ranked 16,868th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wolbert?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wolbert identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Wolbert?: Dorothea Wolbert, American actress (1874 – 1958).
Where is the surname Wolbert most common?: Wikidata records people named Wolbert in the United States.
Is the surname Wolbert getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,712 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,690 in 2010, down 1.3%.