How common is the surname Wysong?

2,097 people in the United States had the surname Wysong in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 147,232 Americans. It ranked 14,279th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wysong?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Wysong identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Wysong getting more or less common?

More common. 2,071 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,097 in 2010, up 1.3%.

The surname Wysong

A German surname, carried by 2,097 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W252

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wysong is more common than 91.2% of them.

Origin

German origin

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.

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 2,097 people named Wysong in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 147,232 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,071.

#14,279

rank among US surnames

2,097

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1.3%

change since 2000 (was #13,473)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,274	Gillian	2,098	147,162
#14,279	Wiersma	2,097	147,232
#14,286	Lusby	2,096	147,302

Who is named Wysong

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

94% of people named Wysong identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Wysong come from?: 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…
How common is the surname Wysong?: 2,097 people in the United States had the surname Wysong in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 147,232 Americans. It ranked 14,279th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wysong?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Wysong identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Wysong getting more or less common?: More common. 2,071 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,097 in 2010, up 1.3%.