Explore the Family Name Wissinger

The meaning of Wissinger

German: 1. habitational name for someone from Wissingen or Wissing (see Wissing). 2. probably a variant of Wiesinger.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Wissinger has seen a significant decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Wissinger was ranked as the 20,887th most popular surname, however, in 2010 it had dropped to being the 31,587th most common, representing a decrease of just over 51%. The total count of people carrying the surname also decreased by 37.7%, from 1,175 in 2000 to 732 in 2010. Consequently, the proportion of the population with this surname per 100,000 people also reduced by 43.18%, from 0.44 to 0.25.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#20,887	#31,587	-51.23%
Count	1,175	732	-37.7%
Proportion per 100k	0.44	0.25	-43.18%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Wissinger

The ethnic identity associated with the Wissinger surname has also shown some changes. According to the Decennial U.S. Census, in 2000, about 96.60% of the Wissingers identified as White, but this percentage slightly decreased to 93.99% in 2010. The percentage identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, which was 0.43% in 2000, was suppressed in 2010 for privacy reasons. Interestingly, there was an increase in those identifying as belonging to two or more races, moving from 0.43% in 2000 to 1.37% in 2010. Similarly, those identifying as Hispanic almost doubled from 1.79% in 2000 to 3.83% in 2010. There were no recorded individuals identifying as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in both years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.6%	93.99%	-2.7%
Hispanic	1.79%	3.83%	113.97%
Two or More Races	0.43%	1.37%	218.6%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.43%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%