Explore the Family Name Wohlwend
The meaning of Wohlwend
South German: possibly a nickname for a lucky person, from Middle High German wol ‘well’ + wende ‘turn, return’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.
How common is the last name Wohlwend in the United States?
The surname Wohlwend, based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, ranked 40,465th in popularity in 2000 and slightly declined to rank 40,672nd in 2010. Despite the slight drop in ranking, the count of individuals with the Wohlwend surname increased by 5.5% from 509 in 2000 to 537 in 2010. However, the proportion per 100,000 people dropped by 5.26%, from 0.19 to 0.18, over the same period.
| 2000 | 2010 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | #40,465 | #40,672 | -0.51% |
| Count | 509 | 537 | 5.5% |
| Proportion per 100k | 0.19 | 0.18 | -5.26% |
Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Wohlwend
In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that people with the Wohlwend surname predominantly identify as White, with a slight decrease from 93.32% in 2000 to 91.99% in 2010. Those who identify their ethnicity as two or more races increased by 46.76% - from 2.16% in 2000 to 3.17% in 2010. The number of Wohlwends identifying as Hispanic also saw an increase of 31.37% during this decade. There were no recorded individuals with the surname Wohlwend identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either census year, while the percentage identifying as Black was at 1.18% in 2000 but was suppressed in the 2010 census for privacy reasons.
| 2000 | 2010 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| White | 93.32% | 91.99% | -1.43% |
| Hispanic | 2.55% | 3.35% | 31.37% |
| Two or More Races | 2.16% | 3.17% | 46.76% |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Black | 1.18% | 0% | 0% |
| American Indian and Alaskan Native | 0% | 0% | 0% |