Explore the Family Name Wieler

The meaning of Wieler

German: 1. perhaps a topographic name from Middle High German wuol, wüele ‘waterhole’ + -er. 2. habitational name for someone from a place called Wiehl or Wielen (see Wiehl and Wiele). Some characteristic forenames: German Merwin, Trud.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Wieler was ranked 51,945th in popularity in 2000 and moved to rank 54,990 by 2010, indicating a slide in popularity of about 5.86%. The total count of people with this surname marginally decreased from 376 in 2000 to 374 in 2010, marking a modest dip of 0.53%. Accordingly, the proportion of individuals with the surname Wieler per 100,000 people also dropped by 7.14% over the decade, moving from 0.14 to 0.13.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#51,945	#54,990	-5.86%
Count	376	374	-0.53%
Proportion per 100k	0.14	0.13	-7.14%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Wieler

In terms of ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that the majority of individuals with the Wieler surname identified as White, although this proportion slightly decreased from 93.35% in 2000 to 90.64% in 2010. The percentage of Wielers identifying as Hispanic rose significantly by 80.95%, going from 3.99% in 2000 to 7.22% in 2010. In contrast, the proportion of American Indian and Alaskan Native Wielers dropped entirely, from 1.60% in 2000 to none by 2010. There were no changes in the percentages of those identifying as Black or Asian/Pacific Islander. Interestingly, however, the 2010 census did record some Wielers who identified with two or more races.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.35%	90.64%	-2.9%
Hispanic	3.99%	7.22%	80.95%
Two or More Races	0%	1.34%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	1.6%	0%	-100%