How common is the surname Weller?

13,774 people in the United States had the surname Weller in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,415 Americans. It ranked 2,615th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Weller?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Weller identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Weller?

Thomas Huckle Weller, American virologist (1915-2008), followed by Peter Weller.

Where is the surname Weller most common?

Wikidata records people named Weller in the United States and Austria.

Is the surname Weller getting more or less common?

Less common. 16,916 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,774 in 2010, down 19%.

The surname Weller

A surname, carried by 13,774 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W460

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Weller is more common than 98.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,774 people named Weller in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,415 Americans. That is down 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,916.

#2,615

rank among US surnames

13,774

people in 2010

4.7

per 100,000 Americans

-18.6%

change since 2000 (was #1,951)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,606	Heaton	13,834	22,318
#2,607	Linder	13,830	22,324
#2,608	Hills	13,829	22,326
#2,609	Hamby	13,823	22,336
#2,610	Callaway	13,819	22,342
#2,611	Ellsworth	13,813	22,352
#2,612	Mathew	13,808	22,360

Who is named Weller

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

94% of people named Weller identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wellers

9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Thomas Huckle Weller
American virologist (1915-2008)
Peter Weller
American actor (born 1947)
Walter Weller
Austrian conductor (1939–2015)
Mary Louise Weller
American actress, 1946–2026
Jerry Weller
American politician (born 1957)
George Weller
American journalist and writer (1907–2002)
Fred Weller
American actor (born 1966)
Ovington Weller
American politician (1862-1947)
Arkady Martine
American science fiction author and historian (born 1985)

Notable Wellers come mostly from the United States (8) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Weller

Weller has the Soundex code W460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W460.

Questions

How common is the surname Weller?: 13,774 people in the United States had the surname Weller in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,415 Americans. It ranked 2,615th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Weller?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Weller identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Weller?: Thomas Huckle Weller, American virologist (1915-2008), followed by Peter Weller.
Where is the surname Weller most common?: Wikidata records people named Weller in the United States and Austria.
Is the surname Weller getting more or less common?: Less common. 16,916 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,774 in 2010, down 19%.