# Wyman (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/wyman/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 11,051 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,265 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 27,938 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.1% (11,063 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Wayman, Wayment, Weyman, Whyman, Wiman |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from the Old English personal name Wīġmund, composed of the elements wīġ (“war, battle”) + mund (“security, protection”). * As a German surname, Americanized from Weimann. Compare Wiman.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Wyman in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Wyman in the United States.

## People named Wyman

- Jane Wyman, American actress (1917–2007)
- Louis C. Wyman, American politician (1917-2002)
- Irma Wyman, American computer scientist (1928–2015)
- Jeffries Wyman, American physician and natural scientist (1814-1874)

## Similar surnames

Wayman, Wiman, Weinman, Weinmann, Weimann, Wainman.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.