About the Wagoner Surname

The spelling Wagoner grew out of Wagner, an English surname with a long paper trail. The family name meaning is “Driver of a wagon; one who made wagons, a cartwright”, the same as for Wagner. Wagoner is listed among the recognised spellings of Wagner. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Related forms: Waggoner, Wagener and Waggner.

The 2010 US Census counted 15,118 people named Wagoner, ranking it number 2,401 among American surnames. Wagoner sounds close to Wegner, so it can help to search both.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Wagoner, so the heraldry linked to Wagner is a starting point, not an automatic right. Want more than a summary? See the Wagoner family name pack.