# Weitz (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,141 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,260 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 98,295 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.1% (3,046 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Weitz 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) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Weitz in the United States.

## People named Weitz

- Paul J. Weitz, American astronaut (1932–2017)
- Chris Weitz, American film director (born 1969)
- Bruce Weitz, American actor
- Paul Weitz, American filmmaker
- Morris Weitz, American philosopher (1916-1981)
- Kristine W, American singer-songwriter

## Similar surnames

Woods, Watts, Whitehouse, Waits, Woodhouse, Waites, Wedge, Wittig, Witek, Whitis.

## 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.