How Many People Have the Last Name Wess?
people had the surname Wess in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 232,558 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Tied with 13 others
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
−73 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Wess (73.4%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 20.6%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Wess ranks #16,688. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 76.8% to 73.4%, and the non-Hispanic Black share rose from 18.6% to 20.6%.
Withheld: too few people to publish.
📈 Change Since 2000
Wess fell from 1,343 people in 2000 to 1,270 in 2010 (down 5.4%), and its rank fell from #18,836 to #20,792.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 1,343 | 1,270 |
| Rank | #18,836 | #20,792 |
| Per 100,000 people | 0.5 | 0.43 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Wess
| Rank | Surname | People in 2010 |
|---|---|---|
| #20,792 | Stembridge | 1,270 |
| #20,792 | Stoudemire | 1,270 |
| #20,792 | Wellons | 1,270 |
| #20,792 | Wilcoxen | 1,270 |
| #20,792 | Wess | 1,270 |
| #20,806 | Behn | 1,269 |
| #20,806 | Boeck | 1,269 |
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Wess: W200
👤 Wess as a First Name
Wess is a first name too: about 364 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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