How common is the surname Wismer?

1,076 people in the United States had the surname Wismer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 286,938 Americans. It ranked 23,587th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wismer?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Wismer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Wismer getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,225 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,076 in 2010, down 12%.

The surname Wismer

A surname, carried by 1,076 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). Wismer is more common than 85.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,076 people named Wismer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 286,938 Americans. That is down 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,225.

#23,587

rank among US surnames

1,076

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-12.2%

change since 2000 (was #20,219)

Who is named Wismer

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

97% of people named Wismer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
Two or more races 1.0%

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 Wismer

Wismer 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 Wismer?: 1,076 people in the United States had the surname Wismer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 286,938 Americans. It ranked 23,587th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wismer?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Wismer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Wismer getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,225 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,076 in 2010, down 12%.