The Wehner surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,446 people carried this name — #9,440 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 85,500 people counted. That is up 13% from 3,045 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

95 people named Wehner live in Switzerland.

They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Bern 25
Zurich 18
Thurgau 12
St. Gallen 9
Solothurn 5
Geneva 4
Lucerne 4
Schwyz 3

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 Poland’s population register

49 people named Wehner have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 94 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 3 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Pomeranian 36
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 10
Silesian 3

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 25 people named Wehner 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

Buenos Aires Province 25

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Wehner in American newspapers,
1918–1922.

Newspaper page from The Milwaukee Leader carrying the name Wehner
The Milwaukee Leader 1920-02-21
Newspaper page from Vilas County News carrying the name Wehner
Vilas County News 1922-05-24
Newspaper page from The Laramie Republican carrying the name Wehner
The Laramie Republican 1918-10-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,967 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Wehner in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1990s.

1,032 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Wehner. The most, 275, date from the 1950s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 3.1 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 505
New South Wales 385
Queensland 62
ACT (Canberra) 55
South Australia 10
Tasmania 9
Western Australia 4

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Wehner.

Who carried it

People named Wehner,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Paul Matthias Wehner
    Paul Matthias Wehner 1583–1612 · jurist
  • Christian Friedrich Wehner
    Christian Friedrich Wehner 1775–1862 · politician
  • Georg Friedrich Wehner d. 1877 · lawyer
  • Ernst Wehner d. 1945
  • Friedrich Gotthold Wehner 1737–1799 · parson
  • Carl Andreas von Wehner 1738–1766

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Wehner,
in the records of 7 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States947 records

947 records of the Wehner name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 438
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 256
  • Other U.S. records 253
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Brian Charles Wehner

    Born 1944; from Baltimore, Maryland. U.S. Army, manual central office repairman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam. Buried at Baltimore National Cemetery, Maryland.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Robert J. Wehner

    Born 1923 in Massachusetts. Enlisted 1942 at Boston; mechanic. U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Massachusetts National Cemetery, Massachusetts.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mathilde Wehner

    Arrived at New York in 1897 aboard the Westernland from Antwerp, aged 21; servant. From Germany; bound for Chicago.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 947 records for Wehner in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Germany1,254 records

1,254 records of the Wehner name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 1,242
  • German emigration and citizenship files 9
  • Other German records 3
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Karl Wehner

    Born 1899; from Erfurt. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 2 December 1918 (Jäger Regiment No. 14).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Karolina Wehner

    Left Waltershausen for Thuringia, Römhild in 1841.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Staatsarchiv Würzburg (CC0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Georg Jakob Wehner

    Estate settled at Ebenhausen in 1733; parish priest.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Archiv und Bibliothek des Bistums Würzburg (CC0)

Showing 3 of 1,254 records for Wehner in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Netherlands48 records

48 records of the Wehner name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 25
  • Dutch population registers 21
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 2
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Johannes Wehner

    Married in 1816 in Nijmegen; tailor, born 1760 in In het Fuldascze, Germany. Died 1820 in Nijmegen, aged 60; "kledermaker".

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Albert Wehner

    Married in 1923 in Dordrecht. Died 1965 in Breda.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Archief Rivierenland (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record August Ernst Wehner

    Died 1910 in Rotterdam, aged 50.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 48 records for Wehner in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Australia14 records

14 records of the Wehner name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 6
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 5
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 3
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Louise Wehner

    Arrived in Victoria in 1854 aboard the Johan Cesar, aged 22; Prussian.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jos Wehner

    Arrived in Queensland in 1886 aboard the Quetta, aged 30.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Herman Wehner

    Former blacksmith of Orbost, Victoria; died 1937.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 14 records for Wehner in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

France10 records

10 records of the Wehner name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Anne Madeleine Wehner

    Born 1909 in Cernay; died 1996 in Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jean Wehner

    Born 1940 in Rochefort (Charente-Maritime); died 1986 in Germany.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Marguerite Wehner

    Born 1896 in Cernay; died 1980 in Cernay (Haut-Rhin).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 10 records for Wehner in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

New Zealand4 records

4 records of the Wehner name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Grace May Wehner

    Died 1953, aged 72; buried at Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Maree Ellen Wehner

    Died 1999, aged 80; buried at Ruru Lawn, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record William Frederick Wehner

    Died 1943, aged 77; buried at Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Wehner in New Zealand.

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Belgium2 records

2 records of the Wehner name in Belgium
  • Belgian population registers 1
  • Belgian civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Anne Wehner

    Married in 1905 in Gent.

    Open Archives, Archief Gent (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Louis Wehner

    In the population register of Aalst; born 1868 in Kranlucken Saxe Weimar.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Aalst (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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