How common is the surname Wissman?

1,014 people in the United States had the surname Wissman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 304,483 Americans. It ranked 24,629th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wissman?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wissman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Wissman getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,059 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,014 in 2010, down 4.2%.

The surname Wissman

A surname, carried by 1,014 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W255

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wissman is more common than 84.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,014 people named Wissman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 304,483 Americans. That is down 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,059.

#24,629

rank among US surnames

1,014

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-4.2%

change since 2000 (was #22,654)

Who is named Wissman

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

96% of people named Wissman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wissman

Wissman has the Soundex code W255, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W255.

Questions

How common is the surname Wissman?: 1,014 people in the United States had the surname Wissman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 304,483 Americans. It ranked 24,629th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wissman?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wissman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Wissman getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,059 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,014 in 2010, down 4.2%.