The Wagener surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,627 people carried this name — #17,359 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 181,800 people counted. That is down 4% from 1,697 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 177 people named Wagener.
19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 130 people named Wagener live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 113 people named Wagener live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
56 people named Wagener live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Wagener,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joachim Heinrich Wilhelm Wagener 1782–1861 · banker -
Hans Christoph Wagener 1700–1760 · architect
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Johann Jobst Wagener 1712–1785 · baker
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Franz Anton Wagener 1715–1801
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Christian Andreas Wagner 1743–1817 · Warden
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Samuel Christoph Wagener 1763–1845 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Wagener.
- Wachter 4,601 · U.S. census
- Wack 743 · U.S. census
- Wacker 4,530 · U.S. census
- Wade 97,040 · U.S. census
- Wadel 513 · U.S. census
- Waechter 1,157 · U.S. census
- Wagenheim 172 · U.S. census
- Wager 3,428 · U.S. census
- Wagner 155,795 · U.S. census
- Wagnon 2,050 · U.S. census
- Wagon 104 · U.S. census
- Wahl 13,253 · U.S. census
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