How common is the surname Wiesner?

2,938 people in the United States had the surname Wiesner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,087 Americans. It ranked 10,837th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wiesner?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Wiesner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Wiesner?

Julius Wiesner, Austrian botanist (1838-1916), followed by Judith Wiesner.

Where is the surname Wiesner most common?

Wikidata records people named Wiesner in the United States, Cisleithania and Austria.

Is the surname Wiesner getting more or less common?

More common. 2,820 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,938 in 2010, up 4.2%.

The surname Wiesner

A surname, carried by 2,938 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W256

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wiesner is more common than 93.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,938 people named Wiesner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 105,087 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,820.

#10,837

rank among US surnames

2,938

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+4.2%

change since 2000 (was #10,453)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,829	Nault	2,941	104,980
#10,834	Tullos	2,940	105,015
#10,835	Woolridge	2,939	105,051
#10,837	Menon	2,938	105,087
#10,844	Fedor	2,937	105,123

Who is named Wiesner

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

93% of people named Wiesner identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.9%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wiesners

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Julius Wiesner
Austrian botanist (1838-1916)
Judith Wiesner
Austrian tennis player, born 1966
Ken Wiesner
American high jumper (1925-2019)
Jerome Wiesner
American academic engineer (1915-1994)
Kate Wiesner
American soccer player, born 2001

Notable Wiesners come mostly from the United States (3), Cisleithania (1) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wiesner

Wiesner has the Soundex code W256, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W256.

Questions

How common is the surname Wiesner?: 2,938 people in the United States had the surname Wiesner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,087 Americans. It ranked 10,837th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wiesner?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Wiesner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Wiesner?: Julius Wiesner, Austrian botanist (1838-1916), followed by Judith Wiesner.
Where is the surname Wiesner most common?: Wikidata records people named Wiesner in the United States, Cisleithania and Austria.
Is the surname Wiesner getting more or less common?: More common. 2,820 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,938 in 2010, up 4.2%.