# Weeks (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/weeks/  
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) | 41,565 |
| US rank (2010) | 831 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 7,428 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.2% (41,053 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Weeks 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) | 84% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 10.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Weeks in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.

## People named Weeks

- Edwin Lord Weeks, American artist (1849-1903)
- Perdita Weeks, British actress
- Brent Weeks, American fiction writer
- John W. Weeks, American politician (1860-1926)
- Gary Weeks, American actor
- Barbara Weeks, American film actress (1913-2003)
- Willie Weeks, American bassist
- Rollo Weeks, British actor
- Kent R. Weeks, American egyptologist
- Sinclair Weeks, American politician (1893-1972)
- Ken Weeks, Australian supercentenarian (1913-)
- Dorothy Walcott Weeks, American mathematician

and 2 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Weekes, Weaks, Weis, Weese, Wess, Weck, Wise, Weiss, Waugh, Wicks, Wiese, Wick.

## 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.