How common is the surname Wittenberg?

2,498 people in the United States had the surname Wittenberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,597 Americans. It ranked 12,435th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wittenberg?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wittenberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

How do you pronounce Wittenberg?

Wittenberg is /wɪt(ə)nbɜɹɡ/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Wittenberg getting more or less common?

More common. 2,320 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,498 in 2010, up 7.7%.

The surname Wittenberg

A place surname, carried by 2,498 people in the United States.

Pronounced /wɪt(ə)nbɜɹɡ/ 3 syllables Soundex W351

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wittenberg is more common than 92.3% of them.

Origin

North German surname, from the place in Germany (see below).

Wittenberg is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,498 people named Wittenberg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 123,597 Americans. That is up 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,320.

#12,435

rank among US surnames

2,498

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+7.7%

change since 2000 (was #12,292)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,426	Fellers	2,501	123,449
#12,429	Nolin	2,500	123,498
#12,432	Soza	2,499	123,548
#12,435	Wittenberg	2,498	123,597
#12,440	Tobler	2,497	123,647
#12,444	Cournoyer	2,496	123,696

Who is named Wittenberg

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

95% of people named Wittenberg identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wittenberg

Whittenburg

Wittenberg has the Soundex code W351, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W351.

Questions

Where does the surname Wittenberg come from?: North German surname, from the place in Germany (see below).
How common is the surname Wittenberg?: 2,498 people in the United States had the surname Wittenberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,597 Americans. It ranked 12,435th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wittenberg?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wittenberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
How do you pronounce Wittenberg?: Wittenberg is /wɪt(ə)nbɜɹɡ/, 3 syllables.
What type of surname is Wittenberg?: Wittenberg is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Wittenberg getting more or less common?: More common. 2,320 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,498 in 2010, up 7.7%.