How common is the surname Wurst?

2,153 people in the United States had the surname Wurst in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 143,402 Americans. It ranked 13,997th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wurst?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wurst identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Wurst?

Conchita Wurst, Austrian singer and drag queen.

Where is the surname Wurst most common?

Wikidata records people named Wurst in Austria.

Is the surname Wurst getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,180 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,153 in 2010, down 1.2%.

The surname Wurst

A surname, carried by 2,153 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex W623

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wurst is more common than 91.4% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,153 people named Wurst in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 143,402 Americans. That is down 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,180.

#13,997

rank among US surnames

2,153

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-1.2%

change since 2000 (was #12,925)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,991	Arellanes	2,154	143,336
#13,997	Heimann	2,153	143,402
#14,004	Schmalz	2,151	143,536
#14,006	Dingess	2,150	143,603

Who is named Wurst

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

96% of people named Wurst identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wursts

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Conchita Wurst
Austrian singer and drag queen, born 1988

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wurst

Wurster

Wurst has the Soundex code W623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W623.

Questions

How common is the surname Wurst?: 2,153 people in the United States had the surname Wurst in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 143,402 Americans. It ranked 13,997th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wurst?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wurst identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Wurst?: Conchita Wurst, Austrian singer and drag queen.
Where is the surname Wurst most common?: Wikidata records people named Wurst in Austria.
Is the surname Wurst getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,180 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,153 in 2010, down 1.2%.