How common is the surname Weigel?

6,740 people in the United States had the surname Weigel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,808 Americans. It ranked 5,187th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Weigel?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Weigel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Weigel?

Teri Weigel, American pornographic actress and model, followed by George Weigel.

Where is the surname Weigel most common?

Wikidata records people named Weigel in the United States and Austria.

Is the surname Weigel getting more or less common?

Less common. 6,906 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,740 in 2010, down 2.4%.

The surname Weigel

A German surname, carried by 6,740 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Weigel is more common than 96.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Weigel.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,740 people named Weigel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,808 Americans. That is down 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,906.

#5,187

rank among US surnames

6,740

people in 2010

2.3

per 100,000 Americans

-2.4%

change since 2000 (was #4,694)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,182	Fulcher	6,745	45,774
#5,184	McMaster	6,744	45,781
#5,185	Roeder	6,742	45,794
#5,187	Aziz	6,740	45,808
#5,191	Loftin	6,739	45,815

Who is named Weigel

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

95% of people named Weigel identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Weigels

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Teri Weigel
American pornographic actress and model, born 1962
George Weigel
American writer, born 1951
Hans Weigel
Austrian writer (1908-1991)

Notable Weigels come mostly from the United States (2) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Wygal

Surnames that sound like Weigel

Weigel has the Soundex code W240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W240.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Weigel come from?: Borrowed from German Weigel.
How common is the surname Weigel?: 6,740 people in the United States had the surname Weigel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,808 Americans. It ranked 5,187th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Weigel?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Weigel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Weigel?: Teri Weigel, American pornographic actress and model, followed by George Weigel.
Where is the surname Weigel most common?: Wikidata records people named Weigel in the United States and Austria.
Is the surname Weigel getting more or less common?: Less common. 6,906 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,740 in 2010, down 2.4%.
What are other spellings of Weigel?: Wygal.