Where does the surname Weingarten come from?

Weingarten is German in origin.

How common is the surname Weingarten?

2,272 people in the United States had the surname Weingarten in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 135,892 Americans. It ranked 13,413th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Weingarten?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Weingarten identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Weingarten?

Lawrence Weingarten, American film producer (1897-1975), followed by Randi Weingarten.

Where is the surname Weingarten most common?

Wikidata records people named Weingarten in the United States.

Is the surname Weingarten getting more or less common?

More common. 1,997 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,272 in 2010, up 14%.

The surname Weingarten

A German surname, carried by 2,272 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex W526

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Weingarten is more common than 91.7% of them.

Origin

German origin

A surname from German.

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 2,272 people named Weingarten in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 135,892 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,997.

#13,413

rank among US surnames

2,272

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+13.8%

change since 2000 (was #13,875)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,407	Brendel	2,273	135,832
#13,413	Weingarten	2,272	135,892
#13,418	Presson	2,271	135,951

Who is named Weingarten

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

96% of people named Weingarten identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Weingartens

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lawrence Weingarten
American film producer (1897-1975)
Randi Weingarten
American lawyer, born 1957

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Weingarten

Weingarten has the Soundex code W526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W526.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Weingarten come from?: Weingarten is German in origin.
How common is the surname Weingarten?: 2,272 people in the United States had the surname Weingarten in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 135,892 Americans. It ranked 13,413th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Weingarten?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Weingarten identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Weingarten?: Lawrence Weingarten, American film producer (1897-1975), followed by Randi Weingarten.
Where is the surname Weingarten most common?: Wikidata records people named Weingarten in the United States.
Is the surname Weingarten getting more or less common?: More common. 1,997 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,272 in 2010, up 14%.