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    The surname Witman

    A surname, carried by 1,577 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W355

    Witman: #17,764 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Witman #17,764, 1,577 people Witman: #17,764 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Witman #17,764, 1,577 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Witman is more common than 89.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,577 people named Witman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 195,780 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,503.

    #17,764
    rank among US surnames
    1,577
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.9%
    change since 2000 (was #17,334)

    Who is named Witman

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

    96% of people named Witman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Two or more races 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Witman

    Witman has the Soundex code W355, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W355.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Witman?
    1,577 people in the United States had the surname Witman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 195,780 Americans. It ranked 17,764th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Witman?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Witman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Witman getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,503 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,577 in 2010, up 4.9%.