Warner

Warner is the 394th most common surname in the United States, shared by 80,118 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 3,731.

By the numbers

People: 80,118
Rank: 394th
How common: 1 in 3,731
Per 100,000: 26.8

Where the name comes from

English, Norman, and German surname, all corresponding to German Werner. Also see Warrener.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Warner described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 81.3%
Black, not Hispanic 10.1%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino 3.4%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.8%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.6%

Notable people called Warner

David Warner (1941–2022)British actor
Mark Warner (born 1954)United States Senator from Virginia
Jack Warner (1892–1978)American film executive
Damian Warner (born 1989)Canadian decathlete
John Warner (1927–2021)American lawyer and politician
Kurt Warner (born 1971)American football player
David Warner (born 1986)Australian international cricketer
Malcolm-Jamal Warner (1970–2025)American actor

People named Warner with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Warner

Also a first name

Warner has been given to 8,633 American babies as a first name since 1880, peaking in 1921. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.