How common is the surname Wolpert?

1,227 people in the United States had the surname Wolpert in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 251,626 Americans. It ranked 21,348th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wolpert?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wolpert identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Wolpert?

Lewis Wolpert, British biologist (1929–2021).

Where is the surname Wolpert most common?

Wikidata records people named Wolpert in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Wolpert getting more or less common?

More common. 1,119 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,227 in 2010, up 9.7%.

The surname Wolpert

A surname, carried by 1,227 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). Wolpert is more common than 86.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,227 people named Wolpert in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 251,626 Americans. That is up 9.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,119.

#21,348

rank among US surnames

1,227

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+9.7%

change since 2000 (was #21,694)

Who is named Wolpert

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

96% of people named Wolpert identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
Two or more races 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wolperts

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lewis Wolpert
British biologist (1929–2021)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wolpert

Wolpert 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 Wolpert?: 1,227 people in the United States had the surname Wolpert in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 251,626 Americans. It ranked 21,348th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wolpert?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wolpert identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Wolpert?: Lewis Wolpert, British biologist (1929–2021).
Where is the surname Wolpert most common?: Wikidata records people named Wolpert in the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Wolpert getting more or less common?: More common. 1,119 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,227 in 2010, up 9.7%.