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    The surname Wiser

    A surname, carried by 4,002 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W260

    Wiser: #8,281 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wiser #8,281, 4,002 people Wiser: #8,281 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wiser #8,281, 4,002 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wiser is more common than 94.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,002 people named Wiser in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 77,148 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,817.

    #8,281
    rank among US surnames
    4,002
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.8%
    change since 2000 (was #8,015)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,274Hinojos4,00677,071
    #8,277Beadle4,00577,090
    #8,280Yusuf4,00377,129
    #8,281Wiser4,00277,148
    #8,283Obryant4,00177,167
    #8,285Kanter4,00077,186

    Who is named Wiser

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

    93% of people named Wiser identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wiser

    Wiser has the Soundex code W260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W260.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Wiser?
    4,002 people in the United States had the surname Wiser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,148 Americans. It ranked 8,281st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wiser?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Wiser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Wiser getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,817 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,002 in 2010, up 4.8%.