Explore the Family Name Wisneski

The meaning of Wisneski

Americanized form of Polish Wiśniewski (see Wisniewski).

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Wisneski has seen a slight decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it was ranked at 16,326, but by 2010, the rank had slipped to 17,472, indicating a decrease of about 7 percent over the decade. The count of individuals with the Wisneski surname also dipped slightly from 1,625 in 2000 to 1,613 in 2010, marking a drop of 0.74 percent. Similarly, the proportion of people with this surname per 100,000 declined by 8.33 percent over the same time period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#16,326	#17,472	-7.02%
Count	1,625	1,613	-0.74%
Proportion per 100k	0.6	0.55	-8.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Wisneski

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows some shifts within the Wisneski population between 2000 and 2010. While the majority of Wisneskis identified as White in both years, there was a slight decrease in this group from 96.31 percent in 2000 to 94.79 percent in 2010. At the same time, the percentage of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander more than doubled from 0.31 percent in 2000 to 0.74 percent in 2010. There was also an increase in the number of Wisneskis identifying as Hispanic, from 2.15 percent to 2.42 percent. Furthermore, for the first time in 2010, some Wisneskis identified as Black (0.31 percent) and American Indian and Alaskan Native (0.37 percent). The percentage of individuals identifying as two or more races also rose from 0.80 percent to 1.36 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.31%	94.79%	-1.58%
Hispanic	2.15%	2.42%	12.56%
Two or More Races	0.8%	1.36%	70%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.31%	0.74%	138.71%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.37%	0%
Black	0%	0.31%	0%