How common is the surname Weinberger?

4,897 people in the United States had the surname Weinberger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,048 Americans. It ranked 6,870th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Weinberger?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Weinberger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Weinberger?

Caspar Weinberger, American politician (1917-2006), followed by Peter J. Weinberger.

Where is the surname Weinberger most common?

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

Is the surname Weinberger getting more or less common?

More common. 4,509 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,897 in 2010, up 8.6%.

The surname Weinberger

A surname, carried by 4,897 people in the United States.

3 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). Weinberger is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,897 people named Weinberger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 63,048 Americans. That is up 8.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,509.

#6,870

rank among US surnames

4,897

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+8.6%

change since 2000 (was #6,873)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,865	Therrien	4,900	63,009
#6,866	Mingo	4,899	63,022
#6,869	Gasper	4,898	63,035
#6,870	Weinberger	4,897	63,048

Who is named Weinberger

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

96% of people named Weinberger identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Weinbergers

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Caspar Weinberger
American politician (1917-2006)
Peter J. Weinberger
American computer scientist, born 1942
David Weinberger
American philosopher (1950-)
Eliot Weinberger
American writer, born 1949
Mark Weinberger
American businessperson, former Chair and CEO, EY (Ernst & Young), born 1961
Marvin Weinberger
Austrian footballer, born 1989
Jake Johnson
American actor, born 1978

Notable Weinbergers come mostly from the United States (6) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Weinberger

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

Questions

How common is the surname Weinberger?: 4,897 people in the United States had the surname Weinberger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,048 Americans. It ranked 6,870th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Weinberger?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Weinberger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Weinberger?: Caspar Weinberger, American politician (1917-2006), followed by Peter J. Weinberger.
Where is the surname Weinberger most common?: Wikidata records people named Weinberger in the United States and Austria.
Is the surname Weinberger getting more or less common?: More common. 4,509 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,897 in 2010, up 8.6%.