The Wisniewski surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,675 people carried this name — #2,846 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 23,300 people counted. That is down 1% from 12,760 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Wisniewski surname
A transliteration of the Polish surname Wiśniewski.
Transliteration of Polish Wiśniewski.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Wisniewski» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
96,950 people named Wisniewski have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 107,745 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 645 people named Wisniewski.
169 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 47 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 137 people named Wisniewski 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 Misiones.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
104 people named Wisniewski live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 21 people named Wisniewski 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 Brussels-Capital.
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 the Nordic population registers
391 people named Wisniewski are counted in Norway and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers.
Counted, by country
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) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Wisniewski in American newspapers,
1902–1960.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,095 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Wisniewski,
with a public archive behind them.
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Maryan Wisniewski 1937–2022 · association football player -
Pudgy 1946–2007 · singer -
Andreas Wisniewski 1959– · actor -
John S. Wisniewski 1962– · lawyer -
James Wisniewski 1984– · ice hockey player -
Lawrence Wisniewski 1855– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 66 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Wisniewski.
- Wion 564 · U.S. census
- Wipf 1,950 · U.S. census
- Wirth 9,907 · U.S. census
- Wirtz 4,166 · U.S. census
- Wisler 1,058 · U.S. census
- Wisniewska 102 · U.S. census
- Wiss 597 · U.S. census
- Wissen 110 · U.S. census
- Wisser 597 · U.S. census
- Wissler 990 · U.S. census
- Witas 150 · U.S. census
- Witczak 674 · U.S. census
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