How common is the surname Weight?

2,356 people in the United States had the surname Weight in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,046 Americans. It ranked 13,034th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Weight?

Doug Weight, American ice hockey player.

Where is the surname Weight most common?

Wikidata records people named Weight in the United States.

Is the surname Weight getting more or less common?

More common. 2,192 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,356 in 2010, up 7.5%.

The surname Weight

A surname, carried by 2,356 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex W230

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Weight is more common than 92% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,356 people named Weight in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 131,046 Americans. That is up 7.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,192.

#13,034

rank among US surnames

2,356

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+7.5%

change since 2000 (was #12,868)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,029	Arvin	2,357	130,991
#13,034	Weight	2,356	131,046
#13,037	Cargile	2,355	131,102
#13,042	Motz	2,354	131,158

Who is named Weight

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

79% of people named Weight identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 79%
Black (not Hispanic) 16%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Weights

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Doug Weight
American ice hockey player, born 1971

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Weight

Weight has the Soundex code W230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W230.

Questions

How common is the surname Weight?: 2,356 people in the United States had the surname Weight in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,046 Americans. It ranked 13,034th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Weight?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Weight identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Weight?: Doug Weight, American ice hockey player.
Where is the surname Weight most common?: Wikidata records people named Weight in the United States.
Is the surname Weight getting more or less common?: More common. 2,192 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,356 in 2010, up 7.5%.