Wisser
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Berufsname: 'Tüncher'; zu mhd
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈwɪsɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Wisser is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Congo - Kinshasa than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 557K(measured from records)
- LYLibya≈1 in 15K
- BMBermuda≈1 in 55K
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.
- Congo - Kinshasa (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 186 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 15K (inferred from the name graph)
≈730 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Libya, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Berufsname: 'Tüncher'; zu mhd. wîßen = 'weiß machen, tünchen'; 2 Types/565 Tokens.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Wisser 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | — | ≈730 est. | ≈1 in 139K | — | Wisser | 1 |
| US United States | — | 597 | 1 in 557K | 739 | Wisser | 186 |
| LY Libya | — | ≈470 est. | ≈1 in 15K | — | Wisser | 2 |
| FR France | — | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 463K | 24 | — | 1 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 459K | — | Wisser | 8 |
| PS Palestine | — | ≈47 est. | ≈1 in 102K | — | Wisser | 2 |
| EE Estonia | — | ≈9 est. | ≈1 in 140K | listed | — | 2 |
| BM Bermuda | #730 | ≈1 est. | ≈1 in 55K | — | Wisser | 1 |
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; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Wisser is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Berufsname zu mhd. mālære / mnd. maler „Maler“; wohl für Anstreicher oder Kunstmaler. Bearer count: 565.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
In German, from Wissen; also to Wiese, waschen, or Weise
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In Dutch, wiper
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Friedrich Wisserb. 1834DEGerman politician and farmer (1834-1896)
- Wilhelm Wisserb. 1843DEGerman author (1843-1935)
- Richard Wisserb. 1927DEGerman philosopher (1927–2019)
- Gerhard Wisserb. 1932(1932-2013)
- Claus Wisserb. 1942DEEntrepreneur and patron of the arts
- Susanne Wisserb. 1943ATAustrian teacher and children's writer
- Haimo Wisserb. 1952ATcomposer (1952-1998)
- Gernot Wisserb. 1956ATAustrian architect, priest and theologian
- Daniel Wisserb. 1971ATAustrian writer
- Helmut Wisserfilm producer
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 13 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 739 | #29,964 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 718 | #34,057 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 597 | #37,341 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 24 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 23 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 21 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 21 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 21 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 17 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 17 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 14 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 13 | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Wisser?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈwɪsɝ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Wisser mean?
- Recorded meaning: Berufsname: 'Tüncher'; zu mhd.
- In which country does Wisser have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 731 people named Wisser in Congo - Kinshasa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled wisser.
- How common is the name Wisser?
- In the United States, the national register counted 597 people named Wisser in 2010, about 1 in 557 thousand residents.
- How common is Wisser compared with other names?
- In Bermuda, Wisser is the 730th most common surname of 6,699 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/wisserThe 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, “Wisser” — the 730th most common surname in Bermuda. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.