How common is the surname Wiedman?

1,017 people in the United States had the surname Wiedman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 303,585 Americans. It ranked 24,572nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wiedman?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wiedman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Wiedman getting more or less common?

More common. 974 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,017 in 2010, up 4.4%.

The surname Wiedman

A German surname, carried by 1,017 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). Wiedman is more common than 84.9% of them.

Origin

German origin

Variant of Wiedmann.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,017 people named Wiedman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 303,585 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 974.

#24,572

rank among US surnames

1,017

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+4.4%

change since 2000 (was #24,146)

Who is named Wiedman

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

95% of people named Wiedman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

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

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Surnames that sound like Wiedman

Wiedman has the Soundex code W355, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W355.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Wiedman come from?: Variant of Wiedmann.
How common is the surname Wiedman?: 1,017 people in the United States had the surname Wiedman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 303,585 Americans. It ranked 24,572nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wiedman?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wiedman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Wiedman getting more or less common?: More common. 974 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,017 in 2010, up 4.4%.