How common is the surname Weger?

1,519 people in the United States had the surname Weger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 203,256 Americans. It ranked 18,278th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Weger?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Weger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Weger getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,711 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,519 in 2010, down 11%.

The surname Weger

A surname, carried by 1,519 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Weger is more common than 88.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,519 people named Weger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 203,256 Americans. That is down 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,711.

#18,278

rank among US surnames

1,519

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-11.2%

change since 2000 (was #15,676)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,272	Loja	1,520	203,122
#18,278	Merlin	1,519	203,256
#18,286	Langlais	1,518	203,390

Who is named Weger

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

94% of people named Weger identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Weger

Weger has the Soundex code W260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W260.

Questions

How common is the surname Weger?: 1,519 people in the United States had the surname Weger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 203,256 Americans. It ranked 18,278th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Weger?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Weger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Weger getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,711 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,519 in 2010, down 11%.