How common is the surname Wurster?

2,154 people in the United States had the surname Wurster in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 143,336 Americans. It ranked 13,991st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wurster?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wurster identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Wurster?

Catherine Bauer Wurster, American architect.

Where is the surname Wurster most common?

Wikidata records people named Wurster in the United States.

Is the surname Wurster getting more or less common?

More common. 2,135 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,154 in 2010, up 0.9%.

The surname Wurster

A surname, carried by 2,154 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W623

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

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,154 people named Wurster in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 143,336 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,135.

#13,991

rank among US surnames

2,154

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+0.9%

change since 2000 (was #13,128)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,985	Chatterjee	2,155	143,269
#13,991	Arellanes	2,154	143,336
#13,997	Heimann	2,153	143,402

Who is named Wurster

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

96% of people named Wurster identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 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 Wursters

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Catherine Bauer Wurster
American architect, 1905–1964

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wurster

Wurster 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 Wurster?: 2,154 people in the United States had the surname Wurster in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 143,336 Americans. It ranked 13,991st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wurster?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wurster identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Wurster?: Catherine Bauer Wurster, American architect.
Where is the surname Wurster most common?: Wikidata records people named Wurster in the United States.
Is the surname Wurster getting more or less common?: More common. 2,135 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,154 in 2010, up 0.9%.