Wexler

Wexler is the 8,583rd most common surname in the United States, shared by 3,676 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 81,300.

By the numbers

People: 3,676
Rank: 8,583rd
How common: 1 in 81,300
Per 100,000: 1.2

Where the name comes from

Origin German

Variant of Wechsler, a surname from German Wechsler (“money changer”). Comparatively often found among Jews, but not specifically Jewish.

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

Who bears the name

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

White, not Hispanic 92.6%
Hispanic or Latino 2.9%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 2.6%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 1.1%
Black, not Hispanic 0.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.1%

Notable people called Wexler

Haskell Wexler (1922–2015)American filmmaker
Jerry Wexler (1917–2008)American music producer, journalist
Nancy Wexler (born 1945)American geneticist

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

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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.