How common is the surname Wolfgang?

2,817 people in the United States had the surname Wolfgang in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,601 Americans. It ranked 11,225th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Wolfgang getting more or less common?

More common. 2,751 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,817 in 2010, up 2.4%.

Is Wolfgang also a first name?

Yes. Wolfgang is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Wolfgang

A surname, carried by 2,817 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W412 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wolfgang is more common than 93.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,817 people named Wolfgang in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 109,601 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,751.

#11,225

rank among US surnames

2,817

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #10,672)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,216	Dennard	2,819	109,523
#11,223	Yeary	2,818	109,562
#11,225	Wolfgang	2,817	109,601
#11,226	Rohrbach	2,816	109,640
#11,228	Killinger	2,815	109,679
#11,229	Berthiaume	2,814	109,718

Who is named Wolfgang

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

96% of people named Wolfgang identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as two or more races and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wolfgang

Wolfgang has the Soundex code W412, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W412.

Questions

How common is the surname Wolfgang?: 2,817 people in the United States had the surname Wolfgang in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,601 Americans. It ranked 11,225th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wolfgang?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wolfgang identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as two or more races.
Is the surname Wolfgang getting more or less common?: More common. 2,751 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,817 in 2010, up 2.4%.
Is Wolfgang also a first name?: Yes. Wolfgang is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.