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    The surname Wideman

    A surname, carried by 4,385 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W355

    Wideman: #7,578 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wideman #7,578, 4,385 people Wideman: #7,578 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wideman #7,578, 4,385 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wideman is more common than 95.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,385 people named Wideman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 70,409 Americans. That is up 9.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,012.

    #7,578
    rank among US surnames
    4,385
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.3%
    change since 2000 (was #7,642)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,571Lasher4,38970,345
    #7,572Sunderland4,38770,377
    #7,575Devera4,38670,393
    #7,578Wideman4,38570,409
    #7,580Mars4,38470,426
    #7,582Vanhouten4,38370,442
    #7,584Wilfong4,38270,458

    Who is named Wideman

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

    56% of people named Wideman identified as white (not Hispanic), 40% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 56%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 40%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Widemans

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • John Edgar Wideman
      American fiction writer, memoirist, essayist, born 1941
    • Chris Wideman
      American ice hockey player, born 1990

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wideman

    Wideman has the Soundex code W355, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W355.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Wideman?
    4,385 people in the United States had the surname Wideman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,409 Americans. It ranked 7,578th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wideman?
    In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Wideman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 40% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Wideman?
    John Edgar Wideman, American fiction writer, memoirist, essayist, followed by Chris Wideman.
    Where is the surname Wideman most common?
    Wikidata records people named Wideman in the United States.
    Is the surname Wideman getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,012 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,385 in 2010, up 9.3%.