Explore the Family Name Wiedner

The meaning of Wiedner

German: 1. topographic name for someone who lived in a place distinguished by a willow or willows, from Middle High German, Middle Low German wīde ‘willow’. 2. habitational name for someone from any of the places called Wieden (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). Some characteristic forenames: German Benno, Mathias.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Wiedner witnessed a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 50,055th most popular surname but by 2010, it had slipped to 52,482nd position, indicating a 4.85% drop in rank. Despite this, the actual count of individuals with the surname Wiedner slightly increased from 393 in 2000 to 395 in 2010, showing a growth of approximately 0.51%. However, the proportion of Wiedners per 100k people decreased by 13.33%, from 0.15 in 2000 to 0.13 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#50,055	#52,482	-4.85%
Count	393	395	0.51%
Proportion per 100k	0.15	0.13	-13.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Wiedner

From an ethnicity perspective, again based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the majority of individuals bearing the Wiedner surname identified as White, accounting for 93.64% in 2000 and slightly declining to 93.16% in 2010. A small portion identified as Hispanic, making up 5.85% in 2000, which saw a dip to 5.32% by 2010. The data reported no change for Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnic identities from 2000 to 2010. It's important to note that data regarding some ethnicities was suppressed for privacy, so not all ethnic identities may have been represented.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.64%	93.16%	-0.51%
Hispanic	5.85%	5.32%	-9.06%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%