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    The surname Weirich

    A German surname, carried by 2,102 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W620

    Weirich: #14,257 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Weirich #14,257, 2,102 people Weirich: #14,257 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Weirich #14,257, 2,102 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Weirich is more common than 91.2% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Weirich.

    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 2,102 people named Weirich in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 146,882 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,985.

    #14,257
    rank among US surnames
    2,102
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.9%
    change since 2000 (was #13,943)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,248Przybylski2,104146,742
    #14,252Buttram2,103146,812
    #14,257Seyler2,102146,882
    #14,264Puls2,101146,952

    Who is named Weirich

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

    95% of people named Weirich identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Weirick

    Surnames that sound like Weirich

    Weirich has the Soundex code W620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W620.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Weirich come from?
    Borrowed from German Weirich.
    How common is the surname Weirich?
    2,102 people in the United States had the surname Weirich in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 146,882 Americans. It ranked 14,257th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Weirich?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Weirich identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Weirich getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,985 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,102 in 2010, up 5.9%.
    What are other spellings of Weirich?
    Weirick.