Wieser is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Wieser
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

Surname Wieser is variation of Wiese. Dweller in, or near, a meadow.

Form of Wisner. One who came from Wissen, i.e., white sand, in Germany; dweller on, or near, a meadow.

How popular is Wieser?

Wieser is common in Austria, Germany, United States, Italy, Switzerland, Netherlands, Canada, Brazil, France, Israel.

Wieser is ranked 22552 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Wiesers plummeted by 1.69 per cent to 1568 since 2000 and slipped by 1268 spots and ranked at 17839. The last name was found in around 5 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.34 98.06
Others 1.72 0.88
Hispanic or Latino 1.47 0.5
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.89 0.44
Wieser is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Austria which signifies its Austria provenence. Around 24098 people have been found who wears Wieser as their family name. Wieser is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Wieser:
45 Austria10,293
Countries with thousands of Wieser:
1,398 Germany7,323
14,820 United States2,534
6,312 Italy1,739
Countries with hundreds of Wieser:
1,511 Switzerland887
14,631 Netherlands191
19,047 Canada190
44,384 Brazil165
61,887 France156
7,414 Israel148
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
63,527 Poland48
66,746 Argentina39
48,970 Australia36
21,617 Hungary35
40,051 Czechia33
11,471 Dominican Republic31
25,646 Sweden27
289,518 Thailand24
25,345 Croatia19
22,770 Denmark18
26,435 New Zealand14
125,553 England14
73,966 Belgium12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
41,629 Norway10
487 Liechtenstein9
26,217 Estonia8
38,644 Finland7
55,922 Qatar6
199,837 Iran6
189,736 South Africa6
18,975 Slovenia6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Farmer Anton Wieser from France aboard the Cardine Tucker from Havre. He is registered to be 32 years old when he arrived in New York on June 22, 1852. 33 years old Elisabeth Wieser, Farmer Anne-M. Wieser, Ferdinand Wieser (24) Painter, Margarethe Wieser, aged 22, Georg Wieser (33) Farmer, 21 years old Sophie Wieser, Cathar. Wieser, Johann Wieser, aged 29, and 99 other Wieser around 44.3% of whom were farmer while others worked as laborer and undefined code, brick maker, servant, joiner, baker, locksmith, butcher, shoemaker migrated to US from Havre, Hamburg, Bremen, London and Antwerp.

Wieser Namesakes

  • Roland Wieser, East German racewalker
  • Friedrich von Wieser, early economist of the Austrian School of economics

Wieser Namesakes

  • Roland Wieser, East German racewalker
  • Friedrich von Wieser, early economist of the Austrian School of economics

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