How common is the surname Vise?

1,075 people in the United States had the surname Vise in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 287,205 Americans. It ranked 23,604th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Vise?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Vise identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Vise getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,105 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,075 in 2010, down 2.7%.

The surname Vise

A French place surname, carried by 1,075 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex V200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vise is more common than 85.5% of them.

Origin

French origin

English topographic surname, from Old French deviser (“to split, divide”).

Vise is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,075 people named Vise in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 287,205 Americans. That is down 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,105.

#23,604

rank among US surnames

1,075

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-2.7%

change since 2000 (was #21,902)

Who is named Vise

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Vise identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Vise

Vise has the Soundex code V200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V200.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Vise come from?: English topographic surname, from Old French deviser (“to split, divide”).
How common is the surname Vise?: 1,075 people in the United States had the surname Vise in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 287,205 Americans. It ranked 23,604th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vise?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Vise identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Vise?: Vise is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Vise getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,105 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,075 in 2010, down 2.7%.