How common is the surname Wroten?

1,995 people in the United States had the surname Wroten in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 154,760 Americans. It ranked 14,848th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Wroten?

Tony Wroten, American basketball player (born 1993).

Where is the surname Wroten most common?

Wikidata records people named Wroten in the United States.

Is the surname Wroten getting more or less common?

More common. 1,965 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,995 in 2010, up 1.5%.

The surname Wroten

A surname, carried by 1,995 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W635

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wroten is more common than 90.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,995 people named Wroten in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 154,760 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,965.

#14,848

rank among US surnames

1,995

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1.5%

change since 2000 (was #14,064)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,842	Pfau	1,996	154,682
#14,848	Aslam	1,995	154,760
#14,854	Knights	1,994	154,837

Who is named Wroten

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

67% of people named Wroten identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 67%
Black (not Hispanic) 26%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Two or more races 2.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wrotens

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tony Wroten
American basketball player (born 1993)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Wroten

Wroten has the Soundex code W635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W635.

Questions

How common is the surname Wroten?: 1,995 people in the United States had the surname Wroten in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 154,760 Americans. It ranked 14,848th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wroten?: In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Wroten identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Wroten?: Tony Wroten, American basketball player (born 1993).
Where is the surname Wroten most common?: Wikidata records people named Wroten in the United States.
Is the surname Wroten getting more or less common?: More common. 1,965 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,995 in 2010, up 1.5%.