# Wysong (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,097 |
| US rank (2010) | 14,279 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 147,232 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.3% (2,071 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

An anglicisation of the German Weissang surname. Though a surface analysis might suggest the meaning "wise song", the German surname is actually an alteration—due to influence from German Sang (“song”)—of a derivative of Middle High German wīssage (“soothsayer”). The Middle High German word was inherited from Old High German wīzzago (“soothsayer, seer”), which in turn was inherited from Proto-West Germanic *wītagō (“wise one; prophet”). Ultimately of the same origin as the English word wiseacre, and cognate with German Weissager.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Wysong 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Similar surnames

Washington, Wiggins, Wisniewski, Wozniak, Wisneski, Wigington, Weisinger, Wasinger, Weissinger.

## 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.