# Weiss (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/weiss/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A characteristical surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 57,112 |
| US rank (2010) | 587 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 5,406 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.7% (56,153 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Weiß.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Weiss in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Weiss in the United States, Austria, Poland and the Austrian Empire.

## People named Weiss

- Rainer Weiss, American physicist (1932–2025)
- D. B. Weiss, American writer and producer
- Brian Weiss, American psychiatrist
- Bari Weiss, American television executive
- Edmund Weiss, Austrian astronomer (1837-1917)
- Shevah Weiss, 11th Speaker of the Knesset (1935–2023)
- Michael T. Weiss, American actor
- Max Weiss, Austrian chess player (1857–1927)
- George David Weiss, American songwriter and arranger; President of the Songwriters Guild of America (1921-2010
- Janet Weiss, American drummer
- Bob Weiss, American basketball player and coach
- Mary Weiss, American pop music vocalist (1948–2024)

and 15 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Weis, Weise, Wess, Weisz, Wise, Weeks, Waugh, Wicks, Wiese, Wick, Wyche, Weese.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.