The Wieder surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,645 people carried this name — #17,216 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 178,600 people counted. That is down 10% from 1,823 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 177 people named Wieder.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
171 people named Wieder have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 218 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
51 people named Wieder live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Wieder in American newspapers,
1903–1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Wieder,
with a public archive behind them.
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Frederik Caspar Wieder 1874–1943 · librarian -
Frederik Wieder 1911–1987 · entrepreneur -
Mořic Wieder 1875–1940
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Witalis Wieder 1895–1967 · collaborator with Nazi Germany
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Arnošt Wieder 1895–1940
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Kurt Wieder 1899–1940
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Wieder.
- Wickert 935 · U.S. census
- Widmann 1,078 · U.S. census
- Widmer 3,336 · U.S. census
- Wiecek 316 · U.S. census
- Wieczorek 3,354 · U.S. census
- Wiedemann 1,635 · U.S. census
- Wiederkehr 368 · U.S. census
- Wiedmann 583 · U.S. census
- Wiegand 6,004 · U.S. census
- Wiel 105 · U.S. census
- Wieland 5,314 · U.S. census
- Wiener 5,191 · U.S. census
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