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    The surname Weaks

    A surname, carried by 1,095 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex W200

    Weaks: #23,268 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Weaks #23,268, 1,095 people Weaks: #23,268 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Weaks #23,268, 1,095 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Weaks is more common than 85.7% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,095 people named Weaks in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 281,959 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,046.

    #23,268
    rank among US surnames
    1,095
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.7%
    change since 2000 (was #22,854)

    Who is named Weaks

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    71% of people named Weaks identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 71%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 25%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Weaks

    Weaks has the Soundex code W200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Weaks?
    1,095 people in the United States had the surname Weaks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 281,959 Americans. It ranked 23,268th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Weaks?
    In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Weaks identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Weaks getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,046 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,095 in 2010, up 4.7%.