Find out how popular the last name Weisman is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Weisman.

Weisman, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Weisman surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Weisman in America

Weisman is the 7707th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Weisman surname appeared 4,308 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Weisman.

We can also compare 2010 data for Weisman to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Weisman

The surname WEISMAN is of German and Jewish origin. It is a locational name derived from the German word "Weiss" which means "white". This surname likely originated in areas of Germany where there were communities of German Jews during the Middle Ages.

One of the earliest recorded examples of this surname is from the 14th century in the town of Freiburg im Breisgau, located in what is now the German state of Baden-Württemberg. A man named Hans Weisman is listed in tax records from 1368 as a resident of the Jewish quarter of Freiburg.

The WEISMAN surname can also be found in various old Germanic manuscripts and records from the 15th and 16th centuries. For instance, a Rabbi named Abraham Weisman is mentioned in a Hebrew text from 1492, believed to have been born in the town of Worms, Germany around 1420.

During the 17th century, many German Jews bearing the WEISMAN surname migrated to other parts of Europe and eventually to the Americas. One notable individual was Joseph ben Isaac Weisman (1638-1697), a renowned Talmudic scholar and rabbi who lived in Amsterdam.

In the 18th century, another prominent figure with this last name was Naphtali Herz Weisman (1725-1805), a German Jewish banker and philanthropist from Berlin. He was instrumental in helping to secure legal rights for Jews in Prussia.

As the WEISMAN surname spread across Europe and beyond, variations emerged such as Weissman, Wissmann, and Weisemann. Some of these spelling variations were influenced by the places where families settled, such as the town of Wismar in northern Germany.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Weisman

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Weisman.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Weisman was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Weisman has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Weisman was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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