How common is the surname Weisser?

1,768 people in the United States had the surname Weisser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,630 Americans. It ranked 16,305th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Weisser?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Weisser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Weisser?

Morgan Weisser, American actor, followed by Z'EV.

Where is the surname Weisser most common?

Wikidata records people named Weisser in the United States.

Is the surname Weisser getting more or less common?

More common. 1,734 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,768 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Weisser

A surname, carried by 1,768 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). Weisser is more common than 90% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,768 people named Weisser in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 174,630 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,734.

#16,305

rank among US surnames

1,768

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #15,500)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,302	Merten	1,769	174,531
#16,305	Renderos	1,768	174,630
#16,313	Pauling	1,767	174,729

Who is named Weisser

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

96% of people named Weisser identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Weissers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Morgan Weisser
American actor, born 1971
Z'EV
American percussionist (1951-2017)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Weisser

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

Questions

How common is the surname Weisser?: 1,768 people in the United States had the surname Weisser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,630 Americans. It ranked 16,305th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Weisser?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Weisser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Weisser?: Morgan Weisser, American actor, followed by Z'EV.
Where is the surname Weisser most common?: Wikidata records people named Weisser in the United States.
Is the surname Weisser getting more or less common?: More common. 1,734 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,768 in 2010, up 2.0%.