How common is the surname Whisman?

2,756 people in the United States had the surname Whisman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 112,027 Americans. It ranked 11,430th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Whisman getting more or less common?

More common. 2,680 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,756 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Whisman

A surname, carried by 2,756 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W255

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Whisman is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,756 people named Whisman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 112,027 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,680.

#11,430

rank among US surnames

2,756

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #10,900)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,423	Greig	2,758	111,945
#11,428	Popa	2,757	111,986
#11,430	Eshelman	2,756	112,027
#11,436	Bovee	2,754	112,108

Who is named Whisman

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

97% of people named Whisman identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as two or more races and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Two or more races 1.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Whisman

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

Questions

How common is the surname Whisman?: 2,756 people in the United States had the surname Whisman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 112,027 Americans. It ranked 11,430th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Whisman?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Whisman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as two or more races.
Is the surname Whisman getting more or less common?: More common. 2,680 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,756 in 2010, up 2.8%.