# Wisniewski (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/wisniewski/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A transliteration of the Polish surname Wiśniewski.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 12,675 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,846 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 24,359 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.7% (12,760 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Wisneski, Wisnieski |

## Etymology

Transliteration of Polish Wiśniewski.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Wisniewski in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Wisniewski in Poland, Brazil and the United States.

## People named Wisniewski

- James Wisniewski, American ice hockey player
- Domingos Gabriel Wisniewski, Bishop of Apucarana (1928–2010)
- Andrew Wisniewski, American basketball player (born 1981)

## Similar surnames

Wisneski, Washington, Wiggins, Wozniak, Wysong, Wigington, Weisinger, Wasinger, Weissinger.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.