as a Last Name
- 174,062
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Wagner
Meaning & Origins
German (also Wägner) and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a carter or cartwright, from an agent derivative of Middle High German wagen ‘cart’, ‘wagon’, German Wagen. The German surname is also well established in Scandinavia, the Netherlands, eastern Europe, and elsewhere as well as in German-speaking countries.
| 145th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 174,062
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Wisconsin
- has the most people named Wagner per capita
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