How common is the surname Wieland?

5,314 people in the United States had the surname Wieland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,100 Americans. It ranked 6,402nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wieland?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wieland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname Wieland most common?

Wikidata records people named Wieland in the United States.

Is the surname Wieland getting more or less common?

Less common. 5,416 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,314 in 2010, down 1.9%.

The surname Wieland

An occupational surname, carried by 5,314 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W453

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wieland is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

German, Alemannic German, and Jewish surname, from Wieland, the German reflex of the legendary craftsman Wayland the Smith in Germanic folklore, from Old High German Wiolant, from Proto-Germanic *Wēlanduz.

Wieland is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,314 people named Wieland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 58,100 Americans. That is down 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,416.

#6,402

rank among US surnames

5,314

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

-1.9%

change since 2000 (was #5,857)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,393	McMillin	5,323	58,002
#6,394	Golding	5,321	58,024
#6,395	Babbitt	5,320	58,035
#6,396	Cofield	5,319	58,046
#6,398	Whitmer	5,317	58,068
#6,399	Reel	5,316	58,079
#6,400	Wolcott	5,315	58,089

Who is named Wieland

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

95% of people named Wieland identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wielands

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joe Wieland
Baseball player, born 1990

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wieland

Wieland has the Soundex code W453, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W453.

Questions

Where does the surname Wieland come from?: German, Alemannic German, and Jewish surname, from Wieland, the German reflex of the legendary craftsman Wayland the Smith in Germanic folklore, from Old High German Wiolant, from Proto-Germanic *Wēlanduz.
How common is the surname Wieland?: 5,314 people in the United States had the surname Wieland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,100 Americans. It ranked 6,402nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wieland?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wieland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Wieland?: Joe Wieland, baseball player.
Where is the surname Wieland most common?: Wikidata records people named Wieland in the United States.
What type of surname is Wieland?: Wieland is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Wieland getting more or less common?: Less common. 5,416 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,314 in 2010, down 1.9%.