How common is the surname Wimbish?

1,500 people in the United States had the surname Wimbish in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 205,830 Americans. It ranked 18,448th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Wimbish?

Doug Wimbish, American musician.

Where is the surname Wimbish most common?

Wikidata records people named Wimbish in the United States.

Is the surname Wimbish getting more or less common?

More common. 1,459 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,500 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Wimbish

A surname, carried by 1,500 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W512

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wimbish is more common than 88.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,500 people named Wimbish in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 205,830 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,459.

#18,448

rank among US surnames

1,500

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #17,710)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,440	Montz	1,501	205,693
#18,448	Ristau	1,500	205,830
#18,457	Weakland	1,499	205,968

Who is named Wimbish

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

53% of people named Wimbish identified as Black (not Hispanic), 40% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.9% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 53%
White (not Hispanic) 40%
Two or more races 4.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Wimbishs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Doug Wimbish
American musician, born 1956

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Wimbush

Surnames that sound like Wimbish

Wimbish has the Soundex code W512, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W512.

Questions

How common is the surname Wimbish?: 1,500 people in the United States had the surname Wimbish in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 205,830 Americans. It ranked 18,448th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wimbish?: In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Wimbish identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 40% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Wimbish?: Doug Wimbish, American musician.
Where is the surname Wimbish most common?: Wikidata records people named Wimbish in the United States.
Is the surname Wimbish getting more or less common?: More common. 1,459 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,500 in 2010, up 2.8%.
What are other spellings of Wimbish?: Wimbush.