How common is the surname Weed?

7,987 people in the United States had the surname Weed in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,656 Americans. It ranked 4,442nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Weed?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Weed identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Weed?

Barrett Wilbert Weed, American singer and actress.

Where is the surname Weed most common?

Wikidata records people named Weed in the United States.

Is the surname Weed getting more or less common?

Less common. 7,999 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,987 in 2010, down 0.2%.

The surname Weed

A surname, carried by 7,987 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex W300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Weed is more common than 97.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,987 people named Weed in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 38,656 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 7,999.

#4,442

rank among US surnames

7,987

people in 2010

2.7

per 100,000 Americans

-0.2%

change since 2000 (was #4,096)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,433	Sledge	8,019	38,502
#4,434	Ta	8,017	38,511
#4,435	Pulley	8,007	38,559
#4,436	Lacroix	8,003	38,579
#4,437	Goncalves	8,000	38,593
#4,438	Tremblay	7,996	38,612
#4,439	Tanaka	7,994	38,622

Who is named Weed

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

93% of people named Weed identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Weeds

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Barrett Wilbert Weed
American singer and actress, born 1988

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Weed

Waheed

Weed has the Soundex code W300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W300.

Questions

How common is the surname Weed?: 7,987 people in the United States had the surname Weed in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,656 Americans. It ranked 4,442nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Weed?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Weed identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Weed?: Barrett Wilbert Weed, American singer and actress.
Where is the surname Weed most common?: Wikidata records people named Weed in the United States.
Is the surname Weed getting more or less common?: Less common. 7,999 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,987 in 2010, down 0.2%.