The Wittman surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,739 people carried this name — #7,061 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 62,100 people counted. That is up 3% from 4,593 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 58 people named Wittman 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 Santa Fe.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Santa Fe 58

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Wittman in American newspapers,
1925–1927.

Newspaper page from The Bozeman Courier carrying the name Wittman
The Bozeman Courier 1927-02-04
Newspaper page from The Bozeman Courier carrying the name Wittman
The Bozeman Courier 1925-02-18
Newspaper page from The Bozeman Courier carrying the name Wittman
The Bozeman Courier 1925-02-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Wittman in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1980s.

787 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Wittman. The most, 172, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 2.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 406
Queensland 125
Western Australia 107
New South Wales 102
ACT (Canberra) 14
South Australia 9
Tasmania 7
Northern Territory 4

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

Who carried it

People named Wittman,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Marie Wittman
    Marie Wittman 1859–1912 · lingère
  • Stan Wittman
    Stan Wittman 1901–1994 · Australian rules football player
  • Jules Wittman 1830–1913 · politician
  • Jules Wittman 1839–1913 · politician
  • George Wittman 1857–1950
  • Václav Wittman 1868–1943 · career soldier

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 Wittman,
in the records of 8 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 States712 records

712 records of the Wittman name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 306
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 169
  • Other U.S. records 237
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Gordon Richard Wittman

    Born 1933; from Herkimer, New York. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1966 in South Vietnam. Buried at Woodlawn National Cemetery, New York.

    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 Martin E. Wittman

    Born 1914 in Idaho. Enlisted 1941 at Spokane, Washington; farm hand from Clearwater County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Lewis-Clark Memorial Gardens, Lewiston, Idaho.

    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 Georg Wittman

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Saale from Bremen, aged 20; farmer. From Charlottenburg, Germany; bound for New York.

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

Showing 3 of 712 records for Wittman in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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).

Netherlands36 records

36 records of the Wittman name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 16
  • Dutch population registers 15
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 5
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Johanna Jakoba Wittman

    Born 1821 in Dordrecht. Married in 1847 in Dordrecht. Died 1869 in Dordrecht, aged 47.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Archief Rivierenland (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Jacques Wittman

    Died 1812 in 's-Gravenhage, aged 30; corporal.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Friedrich Wittman

    Died 1942 in Auschwitz, Poland; born in Wenen (O).

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 36 records for Wittman in the Netherlands.

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

Australia26 records

26 records of the Wittman name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 11
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 8
  • Other Australian records 7
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Murray J. S. Wittman

    Company director of Nth Balwyn, Victoria; died 1978.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jacob Wittman

    Arrived in Victoria in 1863 aboard the Blue Jacket, aged 25.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record William Wittman

    Naturalised in Queensland in 1860.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 26 records for Wittman in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada6 records

6 records of the Wittman name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 3
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Elsie Wittman

    Buried in 1993 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 67.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Valentine Wittman

    Listed at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1795.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Winnifred Joy Wittman

    Buried in 1975 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 38.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Showing 3 of 6 records for Wittman in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Germany5 records

5 records of the Wittman name in Germany
  • German estate files 2
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 2
  • German emigration and citizenship files 1
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Gustav Wittman

    From Guttenbach, Mosbach. Reported taken prisoner in the Prussian casualty list of 2 June 1915 (Leib Grenadier Regiment No. 109).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Josef Wittman

    Left Bogenberg for North America in 1853.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Staatsarchiv Landshut (CC0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Anna Wittman

    Estate settled at Johann Michael in 1728.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg (CC0)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Wittman in Germany.

Counts: Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0) · Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

France3 records

3 records of the Wittman name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Moses Wittman

    Born 1913 in Poland; died 1995 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Helene Anne Wittman

    Born 1903 in Mulhouse; died 1993 in Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Josef Wittman

    Born 1932 in Yugoslavia; died 1992 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Belgium1 record

1 record of the Wittman name in Belgium Belgian civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Arthur Wittman

    Died 1925 in Gent.

    Open Archives, Archief Gent (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Finland1 record

1 record of the Wittman name in Finland Finland's war dead, 1914–1922
  1. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Aug Wittman

    Died in 1918 in Kotka, one of the dead of Finland's wars of 1914–1922.

    Kansallisarkisto, via Sotasurmasampo (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Kansallisarkisto, via Sotasurmasampo (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

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