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    The surname Wiman

    A surname, carried by 362 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W550

    Wiman: #56,444 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Wiman #56,444, 362 people Wiman: #56,444 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Wiman #56,444, 362 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wiman is more common than 65.2% of them.

    Origin

    * As a Swedish surname, from vi (“sacred place”) + man. * As an English surname, variant of Wyman. * As a German surname, Americanized from Weimann.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 362 people named Wiman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 852,888 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 361.

    #56,444
    rank among US surnames
    362
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.3%
    change since 2000 (was #53,659)

    Who is named Wiman

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

    92% of people named Wiman identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wiman

    Wiman has the Soundex code W550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W550.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Wiman come from?
    * As a Swedish surname, from vi (“sacred place”) + man. * As an English surname, variant of Wyman. * As a German surname, Americanized from Weimann.
    How common is the surname Wiman?
    362 people in the United States had the surname Wiman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 852,888 Americans. It ranked 56,444th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wiman?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Wiman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Wiman getting more or less common?
    More common. 361 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 362 in 2010, up 0.3%.