Explore the Family Name Wiechmann

The meaning of Wiechmann

North German: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements wīg ‘battle, war’ + man ‘man’ (see Wichmann). Some characteristic forenames: German Dietrich, Heinz, Inge, Ingo, Irmgard, Meinrad, Ralf.

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How common is the last name Wiechmann in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Wiechmann has seen a slight increase in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 28,028th most popular surname and rose to the 27,646th spot in 2010, marking a 1.36% increase. The number of people carrying this surname also grew by 8.07%, from 805 individuals in 2000 to 870 in 2010. However, when considering the proportion per 100,000 people, the occurrence of this surname slightly decreased by 3.33%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#28,028	#27,646	1.36%
Count	805	870	8.07%
Proportion per 100k	0.3	0.29	-3.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Wiechmann

The ethnic identity distribution for the surname Wiechmann also underwent some changes between 2000 and 2010, as shown in the Decennial U.S. Census data. While the majority of individuals with this surname identified as White (96.4% in 2000 and 95.52% in 2010), there were observable shifts among other ethnic identities. Notably, the percentage of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander increased by 29.03%, even though the overall numbers remain quite small. Similarly, the category of Two or More Races appeared in 2010, with 1.03% of individuals with the surname Wiechmann identifying as such. The percentage of individuals identifying as Hispanic saw a slight decrease of 2.01%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.4%	95.52%	-0.91%
Hispanic	1.99%	1.95%	-2.01%
Two or More Races	0%	1.03%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.62%	0.8%	29.03%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%