How common is the surname Weisz?

2,555 people in the United States had the surname Weisz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,840 Americans. It ranked 12,192nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Weisz?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Weisz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Weisz?

Rachel Weisz, British actress (born 1970), followed by Franziska Weisz.

Where is the surname Weisz most common?

Wikidata records people named Weisz in Austria, the United Kingdom and Hungary.

Is the surname Weisz getting more or less common?

More common. 2,140 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,555 in 2010, up 19%.

The surname Weisz

A surname, carried by 2,555 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex W200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Weisz is more common than 92.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,555 people named Weisz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 120,840 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,140.

#12,192

rank among US surnames

2,555

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+19.4%

change since 2000 (was #13,104)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,186	Gayton	2,557	120,745
#12,188	Alldredge	2,556	120,792
#12,192	Vento	2,555	120,840
#12,198	Moro	2,554	120,887
#12,199	Baney	2,553	120,934

Who is named Weisz

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

95% of people named Weisz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Weiszs

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rachel Weisz
British actress (born 1970)
Franziska Weisz
Austrian actress, born 1980
Olga Kennard
British crystallographer (1924-2023)
Herbert Wise
Austrian-born film and television producer and director (1924-2015)

Notable Weiszs come mostly from Austria (2), the United Kingdom (1) and Hungary (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Weisz

Weisz has the Soundex code W200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W200.

Questions

How common is the surname Weisz?: 2,555 people in the United States had the surname Weisz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,840 Americans. It ranked 12,192nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Weisz?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Weisz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Weisz?: Rachel Weisz, British actress (born 1970), followed by Franziska Weisz.
Where is the surname Weisz most common?: Wikidata records people named Weisz in Austria, the United Kingdom and Hungary.
Is the surname Weisz getting more or less common?: More common. 2,140 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,555 in 2010, up 19%.