How common is the surname Weiler?

10,160 people in the United States had the surname Weiler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,388 Americans. It ranked 3,515th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Weiler?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Weiler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Weiler?

Nick Weiler-Babb, American basketball player, followed by Wayne Weiler.

Where is the surname Weiler most common?

Wikidata records people named Weiler in the United States and Germany.

Is the surname Weiler getting more or less common?

More common. 6,551 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,160 in 2010, up 55%.

The surname Weiler

A German surname, carried by 10,160 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W460

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Weiler is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Weiler.

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 10,160 people named Weiler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,388 Americans. That is up 55% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,551.

#3,515

rank among US surnames

10,160

people in 2010

3.4

per 100,000 Americans

+55.1%

change since 2000 (was #4,928)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,506	Glick	10,196	30,281
#3,507	Everhart	10,186	30,311
#3,508	Ahrens	10,182	30,323
#3,510	Chapin	10,175	30,344
#3,511	Hodgson	10,173	30,350
#3,513	Lanham	10,170	30,358
#3,514	Mendes	10,162	30,382

Who is named Weiler

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

96% of people named Weiler identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Weilers

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nick Weiler-Babb
American basketball player, born 1995
Wayne Weiler
American racing driver, 1934–2005
A. H. Weiler
American film critic, 1908–2002

Notable Weilers come mostly from the United States (2) and Germany (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Weiler

Weiler has the Soundex code W460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W460.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Weiler come from?: Borrowed from German Weiler.
How common is the surname Weiler?: 10,160 people in the United States had the surname Weiler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,388 Americans. It ranked 3,515th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Weiler?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Weiler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Weiler?: Nick Weiler-Babb, American basketball player, followed by Wayne Weiler.
Where is the surname Weiler most common?: Wikidata records people named Weiler in the United States and Germany.
Is the surname Weiler getting more or less common?: More common. 6,551 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,160 in 2010, up 55%.