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    The surname Wisniewski

    A surname, carried by 12,675 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex W252

    Wisniewski: #2,846 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Wisniewski #2,846, 12,675 people Wisniewski: #2,846 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wisniewski #2,846, 12,675 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wisniewski is more common than 98.2% of them.

    Origin

    Transliteration of Polish Wiśniewski.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,675 people named Wisniewski in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,359 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,760.

    #2,846
    rank among US surnames
    12,675
    people in 2010
    4.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.7%
    change since 2000 (was #2,602)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,837Amato12,71324,286
    #2,838Wendt12,71224,288
    #2,839Hammonds12,71024,292
    #2,841Steinberg12,70924,293
    #2,842Breaux12,70524,301
    #2,843East12,68424,341
    #2,844McArthur12,68324,343

    Who is named Wisniewski

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

    96% of people named Wisniewski identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Wisniewskis

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • James Wisniewski
      American ice hockey player, born 1984
    • Domingos Gabriel Wisniewski
      Bishop of Apucarana (1928–2010)
    • Andrew Wisniewski
      American basketball player (born 1981)

    Notable Wisniewskis come mostly from Poland (1), Brazil (1) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Wisniewski

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Wisniewski come from?
    Transliteration of Polish Wiśniewski.
    How common is the surname Wisniewski?
    12,675 people in the United States had the surname Wisniewski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,359 Americans. It ranked 2,846th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wisniewski?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wisniewski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Wisniewski?
    James Wisniewski, American ice hockey player, followed by Domingos Gabriel Wisniewski.
    Where is the surname Wisniewski most common?
    Wikidata records people named Wisniewski in Poland, Brazil and the United States.
    Is the surname Wisniewski getting more or less common?
    Less common. 12,760 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,675 in 2010, down 0.7%.
    What are other spellings of Wisniewski?
    Wisneski and Wisnieski.