How common is the last name Webster?

70,161 people in the United States have the last name Webster, about 1 in 4,260. It ranks #464 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

WEBSTER

#464

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
70,161
About
1 in 4,260
This common or more
31.1%
Who bears it

Of the 70,161 people with the last name Webster, 70.8% reported their origin as White, 19.1% as Black and 4.4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Also a first name

As a first name, Webster ranks #8,234 of 53,615, with 1,769 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1915, with 101 births. See Webster as a first name

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