The Wegner surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,192 people carried this name — #4,336 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 36,000 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (8,224).
In Poland’s population register
2,480 people named Wegner have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 2,922 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 355 people named Wegner 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 Misiones.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
178 people named Wegner live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 58 people named Wegner.
Most of them — 33 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
152 people named Wegner is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Wegner in American newspapers,
1898–1916.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 20,344 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Wegner,
with a public archive behind them.
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Christoph Wegner d. 1653 · jurist
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Absalon Del Carmen Wegner Millar d. 1973 · surgeon
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Henning Wegner 1584–1636 · university teacher
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Thomas Cortsønn Wegner 1588–1654 · theologian
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Gottfried Wegner 1644–1709 · writer
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Georg Coelestin Wegner 1653–1715 · pastor
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Wegner.
- Weck 688 · U.S. census
- Weckel 205 · U.S. census
- Wecker 821 · U.S. census
- Weckerle 234 · U.S. census
- Weens 102 · U.S. census
- Wegmann 832 · U.S. census
- Wegscheider 100 · U.S. census
- Wehr 2,753 · U.S. census
- Wehrle 2,021 · U.S. census
- Wehrli 611 · U.S. census
- Wehrung 229 · U.S. census
- Weibel 1,817 · U.S. census
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