How common is the surname Weekes?

3,070 people in the United States had the surname Weekes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,569 Americans. It ranked 10,468th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Weekes?

Dallon Weekes, American musician, followed by Liz Weekes.

Where is the surname Weekes most common?

Wikidata records people named Weekes in the United States, Australia and Trinidad and Tobago.

Is the surname Weekes getting more or less common?

More common. 2,630 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,070 in 2010, up 17%.

The surname Weekes

A surname, carried by 3,070 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex W220

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Weekes is more common than 93.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,070 people named Weekes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 100,569 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,630.

#10,468

rank among US surnames

3,070

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+16.7%

change since 2000 (was #11,087)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,462	Stecker	3,073	100,470
#10,465	Janzen	3,072	100,503
#10,466	McAlpin	3,071	100,536
#10,468	Carreiro	3,070	100,569
#10,471	Cevallos	3,069	100,601
#10,472	Taulbee	3,068	100,634

Who is named Weekes

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

51% of people named Weekes identified as Black (not Hispanic), 43% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Black (not Hispanic) 51%
White (not Hispanic) 43%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Two or more races 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Weekess

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dallon Weekes
American musician, born 1981
Liz Weekes
Australian water polo player, born 1971
James Weekes
American sailor (1911–1977)
Suzanne Weekes
African-American mathematician, born 2000

Notable Weekess come mostly from the United States (2), Australia (1) and Trinidad and Tobago (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Weekes

Weekes has the Soundex code W220, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W220.

Questions

How common is the surname Weekes?: 3,070 people in the United States had the surname Weekes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,569 Americans. It ranked 10,468th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Weekes?: In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Weekes identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 43% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Weekes?: Dallon Weekes, American musician, followed by Liz Weekes.
Where is the surname Weekes most common?: Wikidata records people named Weekes in the United States, Australia and Trinidad and Tobago.
Is the surname Weekes getting more or less common?: More common. 2,630 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,070 in 2010, up 17%.