# Weck (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/weck/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 688 |
| US rank (2010) | 33,241 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 448,758 people |
| Change since 2000 | -3.4% (712 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the German surname, from the noun Weck (“wedge”). Also from Waccho, an old Germanic name related to the verb wachen (“to wake”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Weck in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Weck in Austria.

## People named Weck

- Peter Weck, Austrian director and actor

## Similar surnames

Wick, Weeks, Weaks, Wise, Weiss, Waugh, Weis, Wicks, Wiese, Wyche, Weese, Weise.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.