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    The surname Weissman

    A German surname, carried by 4,627 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W255

    Weissman: #7,215 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Weissman #7,215, 4,627 people Weissman: #7,215 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Weissman #7,215, 4,627 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Weissman is more common than 95.6% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Variant of Weissmann.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,627 people named Weissman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,727 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,401.

    #7,215
    rank among US surnames
    4,627
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.1%
    change since 2000 (was #7,021)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,209Mendieta4,63066,684
    #7,210Luker4,62966,698
    #7,211Eckstein4,62866,713
    #7,215Weissman4,62766,727
    #7,216Pankey4,62666,741
    #7,217Ni4,62466,770

    Who is named Weissman

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

    95% of people named Weissman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    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 Weissman

    Weissman has the Soundex code W255, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W255.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Weissman come from?
    Variant of Weissmann.
    How common is the surname Weissman?
    4,627 people in the United States had the surname Weissman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,727 Americans. It ranked 7,215th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Weissman?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Weissman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Weissman getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,401 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,627 in 2010, up 5.1%.