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    The surname Wiest

    A surname, carried by 3,588 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W230

    Wiest: #9,108 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wiest #9,108, 3,588 people Wiest: #9,108 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wiest #9,108, 3,588 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wiest is more common than 94.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,588 people named Wiest in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 86,049 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,442.

    #9,108
    rank among US surnames
    3,588
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.2%
    change since 2000 (was #8,778)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,100Blow3,59086,002
    #9,104Pavon3,58986,026
    #9,108Wiest3,58886,049
    #9,112Springfield3,58686,097
    #9,113Vanhoose3,58586,121
    #9,114Sankey3,58486,146
    #9,117Privett3,58386,170

    Who is named Wiest

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

    94% of people named Wiest identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Wiests

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Dianne Wiest
      American actress, born 1948

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wiest

    Wiest has the Soundex code W230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W230.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Wiest?
    3,588 people in the United States had the surname Wiest in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,049 Americans. It ranked 9,108th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wiest?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Wiest identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Wiest?
    Dianne Wiest, American actress.
    Where is the surname Wiest most common?
    Wikidata records people named Wiest in the United States.
    Is the surname Wiest getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,442 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,588 in 2010, up 4.2%.