How common is the surname Weaver?

143,837 people in the United States had the surname Weaver in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 2,146 Americans. It ranked 192nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Weaver?

Sigourney Weaver, American actress (born 1949), followed by Jacki Weaver.

Where is the surname Weaver most common?

Wikidata records people named Weaver in the United States and Australia.

How do you pronounce Weaver?

Weaver is /ˈwivɚ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Weaver getting more or less common?

More common. 138,811 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 143,837 in 2010, up 3.6%.

The surname Weaver

An occupational surname, carried by 143,837 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈwivɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex W160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Weaver is more common than 99.9% of them.

Origin

See weaver.

Weaver is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 143,837 people named Weaver in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 2,146 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 138,811.

#192

rank among US surnames

143,837

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+3.6%

change since 2000 (was #179)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#183	Meyer	150,895	2,046
#184	Rice	149,500	2,065
#185	Schmidt	147,034	2,100
#186	Garza	147,005	2,100
#187	Daniels	146,570	2,106
#188	Ferguson	146,426	2,109
#189	Nichols	145,584	2,121

Who is named Weaver

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

84% of people named Weaver identified as white (not Hispanic), 10.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 10.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Weavers

27 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sigourney Weaver
American actress (born 1949)
Jacki Weaver
Australian actress, born 1947
Dennis Weaver
American actor (1924–2006)
Warren Weaver
American mathematician (1894–1978)
Gertrude Weaver
American supercentenarian, 1898–2015
Fritz Weaver
American actor (1926-2016)
James B. Weaver
American politician (1833–1912)
Kaitlyn Weaver
American-Canadian ice dancer, born 1989
Marjorie Weaver
American actress (1913-1994)
Curley Weaver
American blues musician (1906–1962)
Andrew Weaver
American cyclist, Olympic bronze medalist, born 1959
Lee Weaver
American actor, 1930–2025

Notable Weavers come mostly from the United States (26) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Weaver

Weaver has the Soundex code W160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W160.

Questions

Where does the surname Weaver come from?: See weaver.
How common is the surname Weaver?: 143,837 people in the United States had the surname Weaver in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 2,146 Americans. It ranked 192nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Weaver?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Weaver identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Weaver?: Sigourney Weaver, American actress (born 1949), followed by Jacki Weaver.
Where is the surname Weaver most common?: Wikidata records people named Weaver in the United States and Australia.
How do you pronounce Weaver?: Weaver is /ˈwivɚ/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Weaver?: Weaver is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Weaver getting more or less common?: More common. 138,811 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 143,837 in 2010, up 3.6%.