How common is the surname Weil?

6,455 people in the United States had the surname Weil in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,830 Americans. It ranked 5,390th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Weil?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Weil identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Weil?

Liza Weil, American actress, followed by Cynthia Weil.

Where is the surname Weil most common?

Wikidata records people named Weil in the United States and Argentina.

Is the surname Weil getting more or less common?

More common. 6,338 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,455 in 2010, up 1.8%.

The surname Weil

A surname, carried by 6,455 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex W400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Weil is more common than 96.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,455 people named Weil in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 47,830 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,338.

#5,390

rank among US surnames

6,455

people in 2010

2.2

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #5,079)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,381	Rathbun	6,467	47,742
#5,382	Atherton	6,466	47,749
#5,383	Laing	6,465	47,756
#5,384	Pablo	6,462	47,779
#5,386	Witmer	6,461	47,786
#5,388	Rigby	6,458	47,808
#5,389	August	6,456	47,823

Who is named Weil

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

93% of people named Weil identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Weils

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Liza Weil
American actress, born 1977
Cynthia Weil
American songwriter (1940–2023)
Connor Weil
American actor, born 1993
Felix Weil
Argentine academic (1898-1975)
Larry Sharpe
American professional wrestler, 1951–2017

Notable Weils come mostly from the United States (4) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Weil

Weil has the Soundex code W400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W400.

Questions

How common is the surname Weil?: 6,455 people in the United States had the surname Weil in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,830 Americans. It ranked 5,390th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Weil?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Weil identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Weil?: Liza Weil, American actress, followed by Cynthia Weil.
Where is the surname Weil most common?: Wikidata records people named Weil in the United States and Argentina.
Is the surname Weil getting more or less common?: More common. 6,338 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,455 in 2010, up 1.8%.