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    The surname Wyman

    A surname, carried by 11,051 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W550

    Wyman: #3,265 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Wyman #3,265, 11,051 people Wyman: #3,265 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wyman #3,265, 11,051 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wyman is more common than 98% of them.

    Origin

    * 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.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,051 people named Wyman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,938 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 11,063.

    #3,265
    rank among US surnames
    11,051
    people in 2010
    3.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.1%
    change since 2000 (was #2,997)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,256Zielinski11,08727,848
    #3,257Jeffrey11,08527,853
    #3,258Ragan11,08127,863
    #3,259Bostic11,07927,868
    #3,260Krebs11,06727,898
    #3,261Urena11,06627,900
    #3,263Peek11,06227,910

    Who is named Wyman

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

    91% of people named Wyman identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Wymans

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • 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)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wyman

    Wyman has the Soundex code W550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W550.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Wyman come from?
    * 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.
    How common is the surname Wyman?
    11,051 people in the United States had the surname Wyman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,938 Americans. It ranked 3,265th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wyman?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Wyman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Wyman?
    Jane Wyman, American actress (1917–2007), followed by Louis C. Wyman.
    Where is the surname Wyman most common?
    Wikidata records people named Wyman in the United States.
    Is the surname Wyman getting more or less common?
    Less common. 11,063 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,051 in 2010, down 0.1%.
    What are other spellings of Wyman?
    Wayman, Wayment, Weyman, Whyman and Wiman.