How common is the surname Witmer?

6,461 people in the United States had the surname Witmer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,786 Americans. It ranked 5,386th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Witmer?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Witmer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Witmer?

Lightner Witmer, American psychologist (1867-1957), followed by Lawrence Witmer.

Where is the surname Witmer most common?

Wikidata records people named Witmer in the United States.

Is the surname Witmer getting more or less common?

More common. 6,044 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,461 in 2010, up 6.9%.

The surname Witmer

A surname, carried by 6,461 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W356

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Witmer is more common than 96.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,461 people named Witmer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 47,786 Americans. That is up 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,044.

#5,386

rank among US surnames

6,461

people in 2010

2.2

per 100,000 Americans

+6.9%

change since 2000 (was #5,303)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,377	Newhouse	6,471	47,712
#5,378	Campo	6,470	47,720
#5,379	Hatley	6,468	47,734
#5,381	Rathbun	6,467	47,742
#5,382	Atherton	6,466	47,749
#5,383	Laing	6,465	47,756
#5,384	Pablo	6,462	47,779

Who is named Witmer

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

96% of people named Witmer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Witmers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lightner Witmer
American psychologist (1867-1957)
Lawrence Witmer
American paleontologist, researcher and university teacher, born 1959

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Witmer

Witmer has the Soundex code W356, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W356.

Questions

How common is the surname Witmer?: 6,461 people in the United States had the surname Witmer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,786 Americans. It ranked 5,386th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Witmer?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Witmer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Witmer?: Lightner Witmer, American psychologist (1867-1957), followed by Lawrence Witmer.
Where is the surname Witmer most common?: Wikidata records people named Witmer in the United States.
Is the surname Witmer getting more or less common?: More common. 6,044 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,461 in 2010, up 6.9%.