The Wiest surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,588 people carried this name — #9,108 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 82,000 people counted. That is up 4% from 3,442 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 170 people named Wiest.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
59 people named Wiest live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 26 people named Wiest live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 22 people named Wiest live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Wiest in American newspapers,
1893–1920.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 17,592 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Wiest,
with a public archive behind them.
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Wilhelm Wiest 1803–1877 · politician -
Elisabeth Wiest d. 1458 · abbess
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Alois Wiest 1745–1803 · composer
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Stephan Wiest 1748–1797 · Catholic priest
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Andreas Aloys Wiest 1796–1861 · politician
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Anton Wiest 1801–1835 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Wiest.
- Wieland 5,314 · U.S. census
- Wiener 5,191 · U.S. census
- Wierzbicki 1,639 · U.S. census
- Wies 442 · U.S. census
- Wiesen 924 · U.S. census
- Wieser 1,568 · U.S. census
- Wilbert 3,222 · U.S. census
- Wilczynski 1,414 · U.S. census
- Wild 8,217 · U.S. census
- Wildermuth 1,651 · U.S. census
- Wilhelm 19,913 · U.S. census
- Wilk 5,763 · U.S. census
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