How common is the surname Wiedeman?

1,754 people in the United States had the surname Wiedeman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,024 Americans. It ranked 16,407th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wiedeman?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Wiedeman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Wiedeman?

Elettra Rossellini Wiedemann, American model.

Where is the surname Wiedeman most common?

Wikidata records people named Wiedeman in the United States.

Is the surname Wiedeman getting more or less common?

More common. 1,526 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,754 in 2010, up 15%.

The surname Wiedeman

A surname, carried by 1,754 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W355

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wiedeman is more common than 89.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,754 people named Wiedeman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 176,024 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,526.

#16,407

rank among US surnames

1,754

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+14.9%

change since 2000 (was #17,141)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,407	Dillion	1,754	176,024
#16,415	Pietsch	1,753	176,124

Who is named Wiedeman

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

97% of people named Wiedeman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wiedemans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Elettra Rossellini Wiedemann
American model, born 1983

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wiedeman

Wiedeman 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 Wiedeman?: 1,754 people in the United States had the surname Wiedeman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,024 Americans. It ranked 16,407th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wiedeman?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Wiedeman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Wiedeman?: Elettra Rossellini Wiedemann, American model.
Where is the surname Wiedeman most common?: Wikidata records people named Wiedeman in the United States.
Is the surname Wiedeman getting more or less common?: More common. 1,526 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,754 in 2010, up 15%.