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    The surname Wittman

    A German surname, carried by 4,739 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W355

    Wittman: #7,061 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wittman #7,061, 4,739 people Wittman: #7,061 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wittman #7,061, 4,739 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wittman is more common than 95.6% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    From German Wittmann.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,739 people named Wittman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 65,150 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,593.

    #7,061
    rank among US surnames
    4,739
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #6,763)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,057Propst4,74365,095
    #7,059Maze4,74265,109
    #7,060Edgerton4,74065,136
    #7,061Wittman4,73965,150

    Who is named Wittman

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

    94% of people named Wittman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Wittmans

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Randy Wittman
      American basketball player and coach, born 1959

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Wittman

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

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Wittman come from?
    From German Wittmann.
    How common is the surname Wittman?
    4,739 people in the United States had the surname Wittman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,150 Americans. It ranked 7,061st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wittman?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Wittman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Wittman?
    Randy Wittman, American basketball player and coach.
    Where is the surname Wittman most common?
    Wikidata records people named Wittman in the United States.
    Is the surname Wittman getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,593 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,739 in 2010, up 3.2%.
    What are other spellings of Wittman?
    Wittmann.