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    The surname Wichmann

    A surname, carried by 1,355 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W255

    Wichmann: #19,834 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wichmann #19,834, 1,355 people Wichmann: #19,834 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wichmann #19,834, 1,355 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wichmann is more common than 87.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,355 people named Wichmann in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 227,856 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,317.

    #19,834
    rank among US surnames
    1,355
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.9%
    change since 2000 (was #19,107)

    Who is named Wichmann

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

    95% of people named Wichmann identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wichmann

    Wichmann 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 Wichmann?
    1,355 people in the United States had the surname Wichmann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 227,856 Americans. It ranked 19,834th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wichmann?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wichmann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Wichmann getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,317 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,355 in 2010, up 2.9%.