How common is the surname Wisener?

1,276 people in the United States had the surname Wisener in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 241,964 Americans. It ranked 20,727th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wisener?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Wisener identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Wisener getting more or less common?

More common. 1,271 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,276 in 2010, up 0.4%.

The surname Wisener

A surname, carried by 1,276 people in the United States.

3 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). Wisener is more common than 87.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,276 people named Wisener in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 241,964 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,271.

#20,727

rank among US surnames

1,276

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+0.4%

change since 2000 (was #19,629)

Who is named Wisener

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

91% of people named Wisener identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wisener

Wisener 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 Wisener?: 1,276 people in the United States had the surname Wisener in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 241,964 Americans. It ranked 20,727th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wisener?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Wisener identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Wisener getting more or less common?: More common. 1,271 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,276 in 2010, up 0.4%.