How common is the surname Wightman?

3,252 people in the United States had the surname Wightman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 94,940 Americans. It ranked 9,927th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wightman?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Wightman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Wightman?

Arthur Wightman, American physicist (1922-2013).

Where is the surname Wightman most common?

Wikidata records people named Wightman in the United States.

Is the surname Wightman getting more or less common?

More common. 3,216 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,252 in 2010, up 1.1%.

The surname Wightman

A surname, carried by 3,252 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W235

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wightman is more common than 93.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,252 people named Wightman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 94,940 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,216.

#9,927

rank among US surnames

3,252

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+1.1%

change since 2000 (was #9,309)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,923	Guay	3,255	94,853
#9,924	Lagos	3,254	94,882
#9,925	Krone	3,253	94,911
#9,927	Wightman	3,252	94,940
#9,928	Srivastava	3,251	94,969
#9,929	Eiland	3,250	94,999

Who is named Wightman

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

94% of people named Wightman identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wightmans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Arthur Wightman
American physicist (1922-2013)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wightman

Wightman has the Soundex code W235, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W235.

Questions

How common is the surname Wightman?: 3,252 people in the United States had the surname Wightman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 94,940 Americans. It ranked 9,927th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wightman?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Wightman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Wightman?: Arthur Wightman, American physicist (1922-2013).
Where is the surname Wightman most common?: Wikidata records people named Wightman in the United States.
Is the surname Wightman getting more or less common?: More common. 3,216 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,252 in 2010, up 1.1%.