The surname Webber
An occupational surname, carried by 26,405 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex W160
Origin
A surname originating as an occupation for a weaver.
Webber 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 26,405 people named Webber in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,693 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 26,178.
Who is named Webber
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
83% of people named Webber identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 83%
- Black (not Hispanic) 11%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
- Two or more races 1.8%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Famous Webbers
10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Mark WebberAustralian professional racing driver, born 1976
- Chris WebberAmerican basketball player (born 1973)
- Mark WebberAmerican actor, born 1980
- Robert WebberAmerican actor (1924-1989)
- Daniel WebberAustralian actor, born 1988
- Peggy WebberAmerican actress (1925–2026)
- Diane WebberAmerican actress (1932-2008)
- Saskia WebberAssociation footballer, born 1971
- Tim WebberBritish artist, born 1964
- Herbert John WebberAmerican botanist (1865-1946)
Notable Webbers come mostly from the United States (7), Australia (2) and the United Kingdom (1).
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Webber has the Soundex code W160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W160.
Questions
- How common is the surname Webber?
- 26,405 people in the United States had the surname Webber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,693 Americans. It ranked 1,335th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Webber?
- In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Webber identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Webber?
- Mark Webber, Australian professional racing driver, followed by Chris Webber.
- Where is the surname Webber most common?
- Wikidata records people named Webber in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.
- What type of surname is Webber?
- Webber is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
- Is the surname Webber getting more or less common?
- More common. 26,178 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 26,405 in 2010, up 0.9%.