The Wideman surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,385 people carried this name — #7,578 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 67,100 people counted. That is up 9% from 4,012 in 2000.

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In the Nordic population registers

117 people named Wideman are counted in Sweden and Finland.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 60
Finland (2026) 57

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Wideman in American newspapers,
1901–1915.

Newspaper page from The Kalispell Bee carrying the name Wideman
The Kalispell Bee 1901-01-17
Newspaper page from Los Angeles Herald carrying the name Wideman
Los Angeles Herald 1906-03-24
Newspaper page from The Topeka State Journal carrying the name Wideman
The Topeka State Journal 1915-04-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,763 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Wideman in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1890s.

22 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Wideman. The most, 5, date from the 1880s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 7
Tasmania 4
South Australia 3
Victoria 3
Queensland 2
Western Australia 2
ACT (Canberra) 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Wideman.

Who carried it

People named Wideman,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Lydia Wideman
    Lydia Wideman 1920–2019 · cross-country skier
  • Albert Wideman 1846–1921 · composer
  • Florence P. Wideman 1893–1989
  • Tyyne Wideman 1920–2014 · cross-country skier

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Wideman,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States259 records

259 records of the Wideman name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 130
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 48
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 28
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 22
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 18
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 12
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Elvin Joseph Wideman

    Born 1937; from St Louis, Missouri. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1966 in South Vietnam. Buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Howard F. Wideman

    Born 1912 in Alabama. Enlisted 1943 at Fort McClellan; miner from Walker County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at White Cemetery, Palmer, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Ben Har Wideman

    Arrived at New York in 1853 aboard the Mayflower from Antwerp, aged 21; tailor. From Wurtemberg, Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 259 records for Wideman in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands16 records

16 records of the Wideman name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 10
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 4
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 2
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Jannetje Wideman

    Died 1849 in Middelburg Ambacht, aged 54.

    Open Archives, Zeeuws Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Christiaen Boos Wideman

    Married in 1738 in Bourtange.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Gijsbertje Wideman

    In the population register of Nijmegen; born 1896.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Archief Nijmegen (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 16 records for Wideman in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Wideman name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • City of Waterloo (Ontario) cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Richard John Wideman

    Buried in 1993 at Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo, Ontario.

    Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence
  2. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Ernest Freeman Wideman

    Died in service in 1917.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Maurice Edwin Wideman

    Died in service in 1917.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Norway2 records

2 records of the Wideman name in Norway Norway's 1910 census
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Kristine Fridborg Wideman

    Census of 1910: Søndre Tistedalen, Fredrikshald; born 1881 in Ørsoken Dalsland Sverige.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Marie Wideman

    Census of 1910: Søndre Tistedalen, Fredrikshald; born 1859 in Ørsoken Dalsland Sverige.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)

Counts: Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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