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The surname Wisneski

A Polish surname, carried by 1,613 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex W252

Wisneski: #17,472 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wisneski #17,472, 1,613 people Wisneski: #17,472 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wisneski #17,472, 1,613 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wisneski is more common than 89.2% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

Variant of Wisniewski.

One of 304 Polish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,613 people named Wisneski in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 191,411 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,625.

#17,472
rank among US surnames
1,613
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
-0.7%
change since 2000 (was #16,326)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#17,463Bazaldua1,614191,292
#17,472Wisneski1,613191,411
#17,481Searls1,612191,529

Who is named Wisneski

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

95% of people named Wisneski identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
  • Two or more races 1.4%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wisneski

Wisneski has the Soundex code W252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W252.

Other Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Wisneski come from?
Variant of Wisniewski.
How common is the surname Wisneski?
1,613 people in the United States had the surname Wisneski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,411 Americans. It ranked 17,472nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wisneski?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wisneski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Wisneski getting more or less common?
Less common. 1,625 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,613 in 2010, down 0.7%.