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    The surname Wuest

    A German surname, carried by 1,713 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W230

    Wuest: #16,707 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wuest #16,707, 1,713 people Wuest: #16,707 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wuest #16,707, 1,713 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wuest is more common than 89.7% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Wüst.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,713 people named Wuest in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 180,237 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,711.

    #16,707
    rank among US surnames
    1,713
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.1%
    change since 2000 (was #15,676)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,704Guidroz1,714180,132
    #16,707Nyquist1,713180,237
    #16,716Rasor1,712180,342

    Who is named Wuest

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

    94% of people named Wuest identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    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

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Wuest

    Wuest has the Soundex code W230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W230.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Wuest come from?
    Borrowed from German Wüst.
    How common is the surname Wuest?
    1,713 people in the United States had the surname Wuest in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 180,237 Americans. It ranked 16,707th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wuest?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Wuest identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Wuest getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,711 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,713 in 2010, up 0.1%.