How common is the last name Wise?

65,596 people in the United States have the last name Wise, about 1 in 4,557. It ranks #499 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

WISE

#499

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
65,596
About
1 in 4,557
This common or more
31.9%
Who bears it

Of the 65,596 people with the last name Wise, 75.9% reported their origin as White, 15.2% as Black and 4.1% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Wise

#497 Maxwell · 65,829#498 Gallegos · 65,598#500 Orozco · 65,402#501 Velazquez · 65,353

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Wise, most common first.

#3,925 Wiese · 8,780#13,668 Wike · 2,123#38,781 Wiss · 614#48,879 Wish · 466#53,634 Wisz · 416#65,688 Wisse · 326#72,902 Wice · 287#90,848 Wisk · 218

Also a first name

As a first name, Wise ranks #36,737 of 53,615, with 215 people. See Wise as a first name

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