How Many People Have the Last Name Wesley?
people had the surname Wesley in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 12,755 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
Black
Change Since 2000
+1,401 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
No single group makes up most people with the surname Wesley: 49% are non-Hispanic Black and 41.9% are non-Hispanic White. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 44.3% to 41.9%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Wesley grew from 21,734 people in 2000 to 23,135 in 2010 (up 6.4%), and its rank fell from #1,512 to #1,555. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 8.06 to 7.84 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 21,734 | 23,135 |
| Rank | #1,512 | #1,555 |
| Per 100,000 people | 8.06 | 7.84 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Wesley
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Wesley: W240
👤 Wesley as a First Name
Wesley is a first name too: about 194,847 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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