How common is the surname Widmer?

3,336 people in the United States had the surname Widmer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,550 Americans. It ranked 9,722nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Widmer?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Widmer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Widmer getting more or less common?

More common. 3,231 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,336 in 2010, up 3.2%.

The surname Widmer

A surname, carried by 3,336 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W356

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Widmer is more common than 94% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,336 people named Widmer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 92,550 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,231.

#9,722

rank among US surnames

3,336

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+3.2%

change since 2000 (was #9,272)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,716	Haskin	3,339	92,466
#9,720	Mandell	3,337	92,522
#9,722	Mower	3,336	92,550
#9,727	Nevels	3,335	92,577
#9,728	Vale	3,334	92,605
#9,730	Suttle	3,333	92,633

Who is named Widmer

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

95% of people named Widmer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
Two or more races 0.9%

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 Widmer

Widmer has the Soundex code W356, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W356.

Questions

How common is the surname Widmer?: 3,336 people in the United States had the surname Widmer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,550 Americans. It ranked 9,722nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Widmer?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Widmer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Widmer getting more or less common?: More common. 3,231 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,336 in 2010, up 3.2%.