The Wenger surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,596 people carried this name — #3,369 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 27,900 people counted. That is up 8% from 9,839 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
6,812 people named Wenger live in Switzerland.
They live in 25 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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 721 people named Wenger.
51 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 50 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 143 people named Wenger 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 Córdoba.
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 Poland’s population register
54 people named Wenger have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 91 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Opole.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 the Nordic population registers
77 people named Wenger 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
Wenger in American newspapers,
1888–1914.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 25,489 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Wenger,
with a public archive behind them.
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Fridolin Wenger d. 1931 · association football player
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Magdalena Wenger d. 1871
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Georg Philipp Wenger 1701–1763 · architect
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John Wenger 1778–1851
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Susanna Wenger 1797– · farmer
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Louis Wenger 1809–1861 · architect
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Wenger.
- Weltz 472 · U.S. census
- Weltzer 106 · U.S. census
- Wenck 609 · U.S. census
- Wendel 5,572 · U.S. census
- Wender 412 · U.S. census
- Wendling 3,855 · U.S. census
- Weniger 435 · U.S. census
- Wenisch 195 · U.S. census
- Wenner 3,174 · U.S. census
- Wentz 8,376 · U.S. census
- Wentzel 3,681 · U.S. census
- Wenzel 11,432 · U.S. census
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