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    The surname Weier

    A surname, carried by 1,198 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W600

    Weier: #21,717 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Weier #21,717, 1,198 people Weier: #21,717 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Weier #21,717, 1,198 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Weier is more common than 86.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,198 people named Weier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 257,717 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,165.

    #21,717
    rank among US surnames
    1,198
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.8%
    change since 2000 (was #21,025)

    Who is named Weier

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

    96% of people named Weier identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as two or more races and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Weier

    Weier has the Soundex code W600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W600.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Weier?
    1,198 people in the United States had the surname Weier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 257,717 Americans. It ranked 21,717th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Weier?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Weier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Weier getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,165 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,198 in 2010, up 2.8%.