How common is the surname Weinberg?

9,825 people in the United States had the surname Weinberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,424 Americans. It ranked 3,612th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Weinberg?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Weinberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Weinberg?

Steven Weinberg, American theoretical physicist (1933-2021), followed by Alvin M. Weinberg.

Where is the surname Weinberg most common?

Wikidata records people named Weinberg in the United States, Israel and Argentina.

Is the surname Weinberg getting more or less common?

Less common. 9,958 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,825 in 2010, down 1.3%.

The surname Weinberg

A German surname, carried by 9,825 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W516

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

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Weinberg.

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 9,825 people named Weinberg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 31,424 Americans. That is down 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,958.

#3,612

rank among US surnames

9,825

people in 2010

3.3

per 100,000 Americans

-1.3%

change since 2000 (was #3,303)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,603	Aceves	9,854	31,332
#3,604	Jay	9,852	31,338
#3,605	McCarter	9,849	31,348
#3,606	Lebron	9,843	31,367
#3,607	Schott	9,842	31,370
#3,608	Kuykendall	9,841	31,373
#3,609	Ye	9,839	31,380

Who is named Weinberg

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

95% of people named Weinberg identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Weinbergs

15 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Steven Weinberg
American theoretical physicist (1933-2021)
Alvin M. Weinberg
American nuclear physicist (1915–2006)
Robert Weinberg
American biologist, born 1942
Max Weinberg
American drummer, born 1951
Jay Weinberg
American drummer, born 1990
Mike Weinberg
American actor, born 1993
Gerhard Weinberg
American military historian, born 1928
Moshe Weinberg
1972 Munich massacre victim (1939–1972)
Matt Weinberg
American actor, born 1990
Gerald Weinberg
American computer scientist (1933-2018)
Wendy Weinberg
American swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist, born 1958
Sidney Weinberg
American investment banker (1891–1969)

Notable Weinbergs come mostly from the United States (13), Israel (1) and Argentina (1).

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Surnames that sound like Weinberg

Weinberg has the Soundex code W516, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W516.

Other German surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname Weinberg come from?: Borrowed from German Weinberg.
How common is the surname Weinberg?: 9,825 people in the United States had the surname Weinberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,424 Americans. It ranked 3,612th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Weinberg?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Weinberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Weinberg?: Steven Weinberg, American theoretical physicist (1933-2021), followed by Alvin M. Weinberg.
Where is the surname Weinberg most common?: Wikidata records people named Weinberg in the United States, Israel and Argentina.
Is the surname Weinberg getting more or less common?: Less common. 9,958 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,825 in 2010, down 1.3%.