The surname Wolfer
A surname, carried by 1,390 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex W416
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,390 people named Wolfer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 222,119 Americans. That is down 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,493.
#19,441
rank among US surnames
1,390
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
-6.9%
change since 2000 (was #17,419)
Who is named Wolfer
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
93% of people named Wolfer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as two or more races and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 93%
- Two or more races 2.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Wolfer
Wolfer 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 Wolfer?
- 1,390 people in the United States had the surname Wolfer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 222,119 Americans. It ranked 19,441st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Wolfer?
- In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Wolfer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Wolfer getting more or less common?
- Less common. 1,493 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,390 in 2010, down 6.9%.