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    The surname Wiedemann

    A surname, carried by 1,635 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W355

    Wiedemann: #17,311 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wiedemann #17,311, 1,635 people Wiedemann: #17,311 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wiedemann #17,311, 1,635 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wiedemann is more common than 89.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,635 people named Wiedemann in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 188,835 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,629.

    #17,311
    rank among US surnames
    1,635
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.4%
    change since 2000 (was #16,283)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,311Hornyak1,635188,835
    #17,319Schmeling1,634188,951

    Who is named Wiedemann

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

    95% of people named Wiedemann identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wiedemann

    Wiedemann 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 Wiedemann?
    1,635 people in the United States had the surname Wiedemann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,835 Americans. It ranked 17,311th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wiedemann?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wiedemann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Wiedemann getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,629 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,635 in 2010, up 0.4%.