How common is the surname Weeks?

41,565 people in the United States had the surname Weeks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,428 Americans. It ranked 831st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Weeks?

Edwin Lord Weeks, American artist (1849-1903), followed by Perdita Weeks.

Where is the surname Weeks most common?

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

Is the surname Weeks getting more or less common?

More common. 41,053 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 41,565 in 2010, up 1.2%.

The surname Weeks

A surname, carried by 41,565 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex W200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Weeks is more common than 99.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 41,565 people named Weeks in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 7,428 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 41,053.

#831

rank among US surnames

41,565

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+1.2%

change since 2000 (was #764)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#822	Frost	42,015	7,348
#823	Glass	41,802	7,386
#824	Morse	41,774	7,391
#825	Knapp	41,771	7,391
#826	Herman	41,750	7,395
#827	Stark	41,735	7,398
#828	Bravo	41,700	7,404

Who is named Weeks

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

84% of people named Weeks identified as white (not Hispanic), 10.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 10.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Weekss

14 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Edwin Lord Weeks
American artist (1849-1903)
Perdita Weeks
British actress, born 1985
Brent Weeks
American fiction writer, born 1977
John W. Weeks
American politician (1860-1926)
Gary Weeks
American actor, born 1972
Barbara Weeks
American film actress (1913-2003)
Willie Weeks
American bassist, born 1947
Rollo Weeks
British actor, born 1987
Kent R. Weeks
American egyptologist, born 1941
Sinclair Weeks
American politician (1893-1972)
Ken Weeks
Australian supercentenarian (1913-)
Dorothy Walcott Weeks
American mathematician, 1893–1990

Notable Weekss come mostly from the United States (10), the United Kingdom (3) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Weeks

Weeks has the Soundex code W200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W200.

Questions

How common is the surname Weeks?: 41,565 people in the United States had the surname Weeks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,428 Americans. It ranked 831st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Weeks?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Weeks identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Weeks?: Edwin Lord Weeks, American artist (1849-1903), followed by Perdita Weeks.
Where is the surname Weeks most common?: Wikidata records people named Weeks in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.
Is the surname Weeks getting more or less common?: More common. 41,053 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 41,565 in 2010, up 1.2%.