How common is the surname Weisel?

1,347 people in the United States had the surname Weisel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 229,210 Americans. It ranked 19,924th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Weisel?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Weisel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Weisel getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,348 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,347 in 2010, down 0.1%.

The surname Weisel

A surname, carried by 1,347 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Weisel is more common than 87.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,347 people named Weisel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 229,210 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,348.

#19,924

rank among US surnames

1,347

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-0.1%

change since 2000 (was #18,791)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,924	Meigs	1,347	229,210
#19,933	Dunkelberger	1,346	229,380

Who is named Weisel

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

95% of people named Weisel identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Weisel

Weisel has the Soundex code W240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W240.

Questions

How common is the surname Weisel?: 1,347 people in the United States had the surname Weisel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 229,210 Americans. It ranked 19,924th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Weisel?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Weisel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Weisel getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,348 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,347 in 2010, down 0.1%.