How common is the surname Weisberg?

2,876 people in the United States had the surname Weisberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,352 Americans. It ranked 11,054th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Weisberg?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Weisberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Weisberg getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,931 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,876 in 2010, down 1.9%.

The surname Weisberg

A German surname, carried by 2,876 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W216

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Weisberg is more common than 93.2% of them.

Origin

German origin

From German weiß (“white”) + Berg (“mountain”).

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 2,876 people named Weisberg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 107,352 Americans. That is down 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,931.

#11,054

rank among US surnames

2,876

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

-1.9%

change since 2000 (was #10,119)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,047	Branum	2,878	107,278
#11,051	Dabrowski	2,877	107,315
#11,054	Béres	2,876	107,352
#11,057	Hopwood	2,875	107,390
#11,060	Ehrhardt	2,874	107,427
#11,061	Cartier	2,873	107,465
#11,062	Gilmartin	2,872	107,502

Who is named Weisberg

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

96% of people named Weisberg identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Two or more races 0.7%

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

Surnames that sound like Weisberg

Weisbrod

Weisberg has the Soundex code W216, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W216.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Weisberg come from?: From German weiß (“white”) + Berg (“mountain”).
How common is the surname Weisberg?: 2,876 people in the United States had the surname Weisberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,352 Americans. It ranked 11,054th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Weisberg?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Weisberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Weisberg getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,931 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,876 in 2010, down 1.9%.