How common is the surname Wiese?

9,287 people in the United States had the surname Wiese in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,245 Americans. It ranked 3,817th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wiese?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wiese identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Wiese?

Erik Wiese, American animator, followed by Sydney Wiese.

Where is the surname Wiese most common?

Wikidata records people named Wiese in the United States.

Is the surname Wiese getting more or less common?

More common. 9,200 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,287 in 2010, up 0.9%.

The surname Wiese

A German surname, carried by 9,287 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex W200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wiese is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Wiese.

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 9,287 people named Wiese in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,245 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,200.

#3,817

rank among US surnames

9,287

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+0.9%

change since 2000 (was #3,547)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,813	Trapp	9,294	33,220
#3,815	Ocasio	9,293	33,223
#3,816	Neeley	9,288	33,241
#3,817	Wiese	9,287	33,245
#3,818	Maas	9,285	33,252

Who is named Wiese

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

96% of people named Wiese identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wieses

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Erik Wiese
American animator, born 1974
Sydney Wiese
American basketball player (born 1995)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wiese

Wiese has the Soundex code W200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W200.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Wiese come from?: Borrowed from German Wiese.
How common is the surname Wiese?: 9,287 people in the United States had the surname Wiese in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,245 Americans. It ranked 3,817th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wiese?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wiese identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Wiese?: Erik Wiese, American animator, followed by Sydney Wiese.
Where is the surname Wiese most common?: Wikidata records people named Wiese in the United States.
Is the surname Wiese getting more or less common?: More common. 9,200 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,287 in 2010, up 0.9%.