WISE is ranked as the 339th most popular family name in the United States with an
estimated population of 100,448.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the last names are more popular.
There are 31.5 people named WISE for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a last name, 100% of the time.
Based on US Census Bureau data the estimated population of people named WISE is
78,816, the rank is 445
and the proportion per 100k Americans named WISE is 24.74.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
WISE is
80.7% White,
1.7% Hispanic origin,
15.0% Black,
0.5% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.5% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name WISE have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name WISE is included in the following name categories:
Not Categorized
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name WISE
The state with the most people named
WISE is
California where
8,259 people have this name.
South Carolina is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named WISE, as
77.22 in every 100,000
South Carolinians
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Pennsylvania.
South Carolina is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
1 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Vermont
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name WISE
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
3,369
26.16
99.8%
Indiana
3,308
50.14
99.8%
Iowa
821
26.44
99.5%
Kansas
1,294
44.56
99.6%
Michigan
2,697
27.22
99.8%
Minnesota
864
15.83
99.5%
Missouri
1,137
37.97
98.8%
Nebraska
309
16.41
98.4%
North Dakota
80
10.87
92.3%
Ohio
7,632
65.83
99.9%
South Dakota
195
22.8
97.9%
Wisconsin
1,012
17.57
99.6%
West States
State stats for the first name WISE
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
271
36.75
98.4%
Arizona
1,692
25.14
99.6%
California
8,259
21.28
99.8%
Colorado
1,722
32.15
99.7%
Hawaii
265
18.66
98.5%
Idaho
476
29.14
98.9%
Montana
377
36.79
99.2%
Nevada
725
25.52
99.4%
New Mexico
335
16.06
98.0%
Oregon
1,417
35.7
99.6%
Utah
563
19.14
98.1%
Washington
2,375
33.63
99.8%
Wyoming
214
36.72
98.4%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name WISE
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have WISE as a last name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named WISE.
The most popular full name is James WISE.
1.83% of all the people named WISE
have this given name.
There are 2891 first
names associated with this last name.