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I have heard it said that "Wissner" was not the original spelling of the name. After checking with the 1990 USA Census information, I found the following similar names.

Names Similar to Wissner	Rank in the USA 1990 Census for Frequency	Number in Grand Rapids Phonebook	Number in Michigan (Using Yahoo's People Search)	Number in the USA (Using Yahoo's People Search)
Wisner	7633	24	109	Over 200
Wiesner	10959	0	20	Over 200
Wesner	11430	0	72	Over 200
Weisner	14712	4	10	Over 200
Weesner	15620	2	15	Over 200
Wisener	18857	1	5	Over 200
Wessner	24099	0	2	Over 200
Whisner	32580	1	4	Over 200
Wissner	Lower than 88799	4	41	151
Wiessner	Lower than 88799	1	8	145
Wizner	Lower than 88799	0	16	86
Wesener	Lower than 88799	0	11	41
Wiesener	Lower than 88799	0	1	25
Wezner	Lower than 88799	0	8	21
Weizner	Lower than 88799	0	0	3
Wiessener	Lower than 88799	0	0	2

TOTALS	Probably Less Than 0.005% of the USA (Maybe 1 in 20,000 people)	37	322	Maybe 13,000

Here is a list of the variations that I tried that didn't find anyone: Wiezner, Weezner, Wizzner, Wiezzner, Wezzner, Whiezner, Whezner, Wheizner,Wheezner, Whizzner, Whiezzner, Whezzner, Whiesner, Whesner, Wheisner,Wheesner, Whissner, Whiessner, Whessner, Wheezner, Wheezener, Whizener, Whisener, Weisener, Weesener, Wissener, Wessener.

I was quite surprised to find that some of these spellings worked. I never would have guessed there were so many. I know that these don't all sound the same, but I found it interesting none the less. Are all 16 surnames related?

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