# Weems (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/weems/  
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) | 10,231 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,494 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 30,177 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.2% (9,544 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Wemyss.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Weems 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) | 62% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 33% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Weems in the United States.

## People named Weems

- Sonny Weems, American basketball player (born 1986)
- Carrie Mae Weems, African American photographer (born 1953)
- Kyle Weems, American basketball player (born 1989)

## Similar surnames

Wong, Wang, Womack, Wing, Wingo, Weng, Wines, Wink, Wiens, Wenz, Winch, Wunsch.

## 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.