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The surname Wieder

A surname, carried by 1,645 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W360

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wieder is more common than 89.4% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,645 people named Wieder in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 187,687 Americans. That is down 9.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,823.

#17,216
rank among US surnames
1,645
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
-9.8%
change since 2000 (was #14,890)

Who is named Wieder

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

97% of people named Wieder identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 97%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
  • Two or more races 1.0%
  • 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.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wieder

Wieder has the Soundex code W360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W360.

Questions

How common is the surname Wieder?
1,645 people in the United States had the surname Wieder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 187,687 Americans. It ranked 17,216th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wieder?
In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Wieder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Wieder getting more or less common?
Less common. 1,823 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,645 in 2010, down 9.8%.