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    The surname Wolfinger

    A surname, carried by 1,346 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex W415

    Wolfinger: #19,933 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wolfinger #19,933, 1,346 people Wolfinger: #19,933 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wolfinger #19,933, 1,346 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wolfinger is more common than 87.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,346 people named Wolfinger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 229,380 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,314.

    #19,933
    rank among US surnames
    1,346
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.4%
    change since 2000 (was #19,136)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,924Meigs1,347229,210
    #19,933Dunkelberger1,346229,380

    Who is named Wolfinger

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

    96% of people named Wolfinger identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wolfinger

    Wolfinger 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 Wolfinger?
    1,346 people in the United States had the surname Wolfinger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 229,380 Americans. It ranked 19,933rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wolfinger?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wolfinger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Wolfinger getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,314 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,346 in 2010, up 2.4%.