Wichmann (surname)

Wichmann is a German surname.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 78.7% of all known bearers of the surname Wichmann were residents of Germany (frequency 1:3,983), 8.0% of the United States (1:177,345), 3.6% of Denmark (1:6,135), 3.5% of South Africa (1:59,575) and 1.3% of Brazil (1:631,210).

In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:3,983) in the following states:

• 1. Bremen (1:1,107)
• 2. Lower Saxony (1:1,538)
• 3. Schleswig-Holstein (1:1,639)
• 4. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (1:1,839)
• 5. Hamburg (1:1,846)
• 6. Brandenburg (1:2,088)
• 7. Saxony-Anhalt (1:2,251)

In Denmark, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:6,135) in the following regions:

• 1. Capital Region of Denmark (1:4,202)
• 2. Region Zealand (1:4,575)
• 3. Region of Southern Denmark (1:5,388)

People

• Achim Krause-Wichmann (1930–2000), German rower
• Amalie Wichmann (born 1995), Danish handball player
• C. E. A. Wichmann (1851–1927), German geologist and mineralogist
• Clara Wichmann (1885–1922), German–Dutch lawyer, writer, anarcho-syndicalist, feminist and atheist
• Cody Wichmann (born 1992), American football player
• Erich Wichmann-Harbeck (1900–1976), Chilean sailor
• Eyvind Wichmann (1928–2019), US-American physicist
• Friedrich-Wilhelm Wichmann (1901–1974), German sprinter
• Hans Wichmann (1905–1981), German middle-distance runner
• Hennig Wichmann (died 1402), one of the leaders of the German Likedeelers
• Joanna Wichmann (1905–1985), German-born textile artist
• Kanchi Wichmann (born 1974), British filmmaker
• Kurt-Werner Wichmann (1949–1993), German serial killer responsible for the Göhrde Murders
• Ludwig Wilhelm Wichmann (1788-1859), German sculptor
• Mathias Wichmann (born 1991), Danish footballer
• Moritz Ludwig George Wichmann (1821–1859), German astronomer
• Rudolph Wichmann (1826-1900), German farmer, landowner and politician, member of Reichstag
• Siegfried Wichmann (1921–2015), German art historian
• Søren Wichmann (born 1964), Danish linguist
• Tamás Wichmann (1948–2020), Hungarian sprint canoer
• Valery Wichman, LGBT rights activist from the Cook Islands
• Waldemar Wichmann (Born 1960), Ships’ Captain & Environmental Activist
• Yrjö Wichmann (1868–1932), Finnish linguist