The Wissen surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 110 people carried this name — #149,395 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is down 1% from 111 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 53 people named Wissen.
Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
22 people named Wissen is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
Who carried it
People named Wissen,
with a public archive behind them.
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Leo J.G. van Wissen 1956– · economist
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Dirk Wissen 1972– · editor
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Wissen.
- Wirth 9,907 · U.S. census
- Wirtz 4,166 · U.S. census
- Wisler 1,058 · U.S. census
- Wisniewska 102 · U.S. census
- Wisniewski 12,675 · U.S. census
- Wiss 597 · U.S. census
- Wisser 597 · U.S. census
- Wissler 990 · U.S. census
- Witas 150 · U.S. census
- Witczak 674 · U.S. census
- Witek 1,414 · U.S. census
- Witkowski 5,662 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Wissen is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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