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    The surname Wittmer

    A surname, carried by 1,863 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W356

    Wittmer: #15,669 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wittmer #15,669, 1,863 people Wittmer: #15,669 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wittmer #15,669, 1,863 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wittmer is more common than 90.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,863 people named Wittmer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 165,725 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,778.

    #15,669
    rank among US surnames
    1,863
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.8%
    change since 2000 (was #15,203)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,663Bert1,864165,636
    #15,669Donaghy1,863165,725
    #15,673Calixte1,862165,814

    Who is named Wittmer

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

    97% of people named Wittmer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wittmer

    Wittmer 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 Wittmer?
    1,863 people in the United States had the surname Wittmer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 165,725 Americans. It ranked 15,669th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wittmer?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Wittmer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Wittmer getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,778 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,863 in 2010, up 4.8%.