Explore the Family Name Wellner

The meaning of Wellner

1. South German: occupational name for someone who prepared wool for spinning, from Middle High German wœllener, woller. Compare Wollschlager. 2. German: habitational name for someone from any of the places called Wellen (Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate). 3. German: variant of Welle 1.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname "Wellner" has seen a slight dip in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 21,902 in U.S. surnames but slipped to 23,432 in 2010, reflecting a decrease of roughly 7%. In terms of actual counts, there were 1,105 individuals with this surname in 2000, which slightly decreased to 1,085 by 2010, marking a minimal drop of about 1.81%. The proportion per 100,000 people also saw a reduction from 0.41 in 2000 to 0.37 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#21,902	#23,432	-6.99%
Count	1,105	1,085	-1.81%
Proportion per 100k	0.41	0.37	-9.76%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Wellner

The ethnic identity associated with the surname "Wellner" also underwent some shifts between 2000 and 2010, according to data from the Decennial U.S. Census. The percentage of those who identify as Asian/Pacific Islander and Hispanic under this surname grew by 44.44% and 49.35% respectively, while the proportion identifying as White experienced a marginal decrease of 0.93%. Interestingly, those identifying as belonging to two or more races saw a significant decline of over 40%. No changes were observed for those identifying as Black, American Indian, and Alaskan Native.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.29%	95.39%	-0.93%
Hispanic	1.54%	2.3%	49.35%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.45%	0.65%	44.44%
Two or More Races	1.09%	0.65%	-40.37%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%