Last Name WISEMAN

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Nickname: The wise man, the clever, the learned man. It is interesting to note that the original Wise and Wiseman are all coming from the UNiversity counties (Oxford and Canbridge).
A name given for the quality of wisdom.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish

Rank 1,745 (2000 US census) 1,461 (1990 US census)
Count 18,813 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 90.65%, or 17054 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 6.07%, or 1142 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.33%, or 62 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.58%, or 109 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.19%, or 224 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.17%, or 220 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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