How common is the surname Wolfenbarger?

2,085 people in the United States had the surname Wolfenbarger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 148,079 Americans. It ranked 14,349th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wolfenbarger?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wolfenbarger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Is the surname Wolfenbarger getting more or less common?

More common. 1,912 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,085 in 2010, up 9.0%.

The surname Wolfenbarger

A surname, carried by 2,085 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex W415

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wolfenbarger is more common than 91.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,085 people named Wolfenbarger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 148,079 Americans. That is up 9.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,912.

#14,349

rank among US surnames

2,085

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+9%

change since 2000 (was #14,357)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,342	Rogowski	2,086	148,008
#14,349	Moir	2,085	148,079
#14,356	Maida	2,084	148,150
#14,358	Spatz	2,083	148,222

Who is named Wolfenbarger

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

95% of people named Wolfenbarger identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wolfenbarger

Wolfenbarger has the Soundex code W415, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W415.

Questions

How common is the surname Wolfenbarger?: 2,085 people in the United States had the surname Wolfenbarger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 148,079 Americans. It ranked 14,349th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wolfenbarger?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wolfenbarger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Is the surname Wolfenbarger getting more or less common?: More common. 1,912 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,085 in 2010, up 9.0%.