Last Name WAFER

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Meaning The waferer, a wafer-baker, also a wafer-seller. Wafer, a small thin sweet or spiced cake, a thin leaf of paste.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish

Rank 18,781 (2000 US census) 14,717 (1990 US census)
Count 1,349 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 32.99%, or 445 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 62.86%, or 848 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.37%, or 5 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.44%, or 6 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 0.89%, or 12 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 2.45%, or 33 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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