Wichman
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈwɪtʃmən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Wichman is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 40K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 236K
- IEIreland≈1 in 94K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 244 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 40K (inferred from the name graph)
1,411 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
New Zealand, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Wichman counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 1,411 | 1 in 236K | 2.2K | Wichman | 244 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈420 est. | ≈1 in 147K | — | Wichman | 3 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈280 est. | ≈1 in 234K | 31 | Wichman | 35 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈260 est. | ≈1 in 215K | — | Wichman | 20 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈200 est. | ≈1 in 187K | — | Wichman | 35 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 160 | 1 in 108K | 160 | Wichman | 15 |
| NZ New Zealand | #591 | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 40K | — | Wichman | 40 |
| IE Ireland | — | ≈55 est. | ≈1 in 94K | — | Wichman | 2 |
| NO Norway | — | 40 | 1 in 137K | 40 | — | 2 |
| EE Estonia | — | ≈9 est. | ≈1 in 140K | listed | — | 7 |
| CK Cook Islands | #113 | — | — | 73 | Wichman | 6 |
1,411 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Cook Islands Electoral Rolls (2022 General Election + 2024 Pa Enua); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Anders Wichmanb. 1700NONorwegian craftsman
- Ebba Wichmanb. 1885SESwedish suffragist
- Knut Wichmanb. 1891SESwedish writer
- Eva Wichmanb. 1908FIFinnish poet (1908-1975)
- Jerzy Wichmanb. 1945PLPolish boxer
- Sharon Wichmanb. 1952USAmerican swimmer
- Vaine Iriano Wichmanb. 1953CKCook Islands politician
- Filip Wichmanb. 1994PLPolish association football player
- Valery WichmanCKPresident of Te Tiare Association
- Brian A. WichmanGBPh.D. University of Oxford 1964
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 22 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2.2K | #12,657 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2.2K | #13,326 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.4K | #19,229 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 160 | #12,852 |
| CK Cook Islands | Cook Islands Electoral Rolls (2022 General Election + 2024 Pa Enua) | 2022 | 73 | #9 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 40 | #29,764 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 31 | #68,493 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Wichman?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈwɪtʃmən/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Wichman have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 1.4 thousand people named Wichman, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled wichman.
- How common is the name Wichman?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,411 people named Wichman in 2010, about 1 in 236 thousand residents.
- How common is Wichman compared with other names?
- In Cook Islands, Wichman is the 113th most common surname of 473 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/wichmanThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Wichman” — the 113th most common surname in Cook Islands. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.