How Many People Have the Last Name Wells?
people had the surname Wells in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 1,674 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+5,595 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Wells (74%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 20%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Wells ranks #102. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 76.3% to 74%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Wells grew from 170,635 people in 2000 to 176,230 in 2010 (up 3.3%), and its rank fell from #131 to #147. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 63.25 to 59.74 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 170,635 | 176,230 |
| Rank | #131 | #147 |
| Per 100,000 people | 63.25 | 59.74 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Wells
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Wells: W420
👤 Wells as a First Name
Wells is a first name too: about 6,515 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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