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    The surname Widman

    A surname, carried by 2,395 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W355

    Widman: #12,856 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Widman #12,856, 2,395 people Widman: #12,856 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Widman #12,856, 2,395 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Widman is more common than 92.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,395 people named Widman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 128,913 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,387.

    #12,856
    rank among US surnames
    2,395
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.3%
    change since 2000 (was #12,009)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,850Camilo2,396128,859
    #12,856Cliff2,395128,913
    #12,861Hofmeister2,394128,966
    #12,865Wunder2,393129,020

    Who is named Widman

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

    93% of people named Widman identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    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 Widman

    Widman 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 Widman?
    2,395 people in the United States had the surname Widman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 128,913 Americans. It ranked 12,856th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Widman?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Widman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Widman getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,387 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,395 in 2010, up 0.3%.