How common is the surname Weigand?

3,666 people in the United States had the surname Weigand in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,219 Americans. It ranked 8,928th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Weigand?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Weigand identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Weigand getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,793 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,666 in 2010, down 3.3%.

The surname Weigand

A surname, carried by 3,666 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W253

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Weigand is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,666 people named Weigand in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 84,219 Americans. That is down 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,793.

#8,928

rank among US surnames

3,666

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

-3.3%

change since 2000 (was #8,058)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,920	Kersten	3,669	84,150
#8,923	Klingler	3,668	84,173
#8,925	Epley	3,667	84,196
#8,928	Weigand	3,666	84,219
#8,934	Godin	3,665	84,242
#8,936	Nickelson	3,664	84,265

Who is named Weigand

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

95% of people named Weigand identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Weigand

Wiegand

Weigand has the Soundex code W253, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W253.

Questions

How common is the surname Weigand?: 3,666 people in the United States had the surname Weigand in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,219 Americans. It ranked 8,928th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Weigand?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Weigand identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Weigand getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,793 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,666 in 2010, down 3.3%.