Explore the Family Name Wayner

The meaning of Wayner

Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Weiner, Wegner, or Wehner.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Wayner in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname "Wayner" has experienced a decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 54,385 among all surnames in the United States, but by 2010, its rank dropped to 61,585, representing a change rate of -13.24%. Similarly, the count of people named Wayner decreased from 355 individuals in 2000 to 326 in 2010, translating to an -8.17% change. The proportion of this surname per 100k people also fell from 0.13 in 2000 to 0.11 in 2010, indicating a -15.38% change.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#54,385	#61,585	-13.24%
Count	355	326	-8.17%
Proportion per 100k	0.13	0.11	-15.38%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Wayner

When we examine the ethnicity associated with the surname "Wayner", the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals some shifts between 2000 and 2010. The majority of individuals with this surname were identified as White, accounting for 87.04% in 2000 and increasing slightly to 88.34% in 2010. The percentage of Hispanic individuals with this surname rose dramatically from 3.94% to 6.13%, a change of 55.58%. On the other hand, the proportion of those identifying as Black declined sharply from 7.32% to 3.07%, a -58.06% change. The percentages of Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native remained at zero throughout the decade, while those identifying with two or more races dropped from 1.69% in 2000 to zero in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	87.04%	88.34%	1.49%
Hispanic	3.94%	6.13%	55.58%
Black	7.32%	3.07%	-58.06%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.69%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%