How common is the surname Weiser?

5,421 people in the United States had the surname Weiser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,954 Americans. It ranked 6,302nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Weiser?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Weiser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Weiser?

Mark Weiser, American computer scientist (1952-1999), followed by Phil Weiser.

Where is the surname Weiser most common?

Wikidata records people named Weiser in the United States.

Is the surname Weiser getting more or less common?

More common. 5,301 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,421 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Weiser

A German surname, carried by 5,421 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Weiser is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Weiser.

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 5,421 people named Weiser in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,954 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,301.

#6,302

rank among US surnames

5,421

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #5,980)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,295	Edelman	5,428	56,880
#6,296	Eggert	5,427	56,891
#6,297	Hagerman	5,426	56,901
#6,298	Lupo	5,425	56,912
#6,299	McArdle	5,424	56,922
#6,300	Desrosiers	5,423	56,933
#6,301	Aycock	5,422	56,943

Who is named Weiser

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

95% of people named Weiser identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Weisers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mark Weiser
American computer scientist (1952-1999)
Phil Weiser
American lawyer and politician (born 1968)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Weiser

Weiser has the Soundex code W260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W260.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Weiser come from?: Borrowed from German Weiser.
How common is the surname Weiser?: 5,421 people in the United States had the surname Weiser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,954 Americans. It ranked 6,302nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Weiser?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Weiser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Weiser?: Mark Weiser, American computer scientist (1952-1999), followed by Phil Weiser.
Where is the surname Weiser most common?: Wikidata records people named Weiser in the United States.
Is the surname Weiser getting more or less common?: More common. 5,301 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,421 in 2010, up 2.3%.