How common is the surname Wiegand?

6,004 people in the United States had the surname Wiegand in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,423 Americans. It ranked 5,769th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wiegand?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wiegand identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Wiegand?

Karl McKay Wiegand, American botanist (1873–1942).

Where is the surname Wiegand most common?

Wikidata records people named Wiegand in the United States.

Is the surname Wiegand getting more or less common?

More common. 5,959 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,004 in 2010, up 0.8%.

The surname Wiegand

A surname, carried by 6,004 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W253

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wiegand is more common than 96.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,004 people named Wiegand in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 51,423 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,959.

#5,769

rank among US surnames

6,004

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+0.8%

change since 2000 (was #5,379)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,766	Leonardo	6,007	51,398
#5,767	Guadarrama	6,006	51,406
#5,768	Papa	6,005	51,415
#5,769	Wiegand	6,004	51,423

Who is named Wiegand

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

96% of people named Wiegand identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wiegands

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Karl McKay Wiegand
American botanist (1873–1942)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wiegand

Weigand

Wiegand has the Soundex code W253, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W253.

Questions

How common is the surname Wiegand?: 6,004 people in the United States had the surname Wiegand in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,423 Americans. It ranked 5,769th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wiegand?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wiegand identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Wiegand?: Karl McKay Wiegand, American botanist (1873–1942).
Where is the surname Wiegand most common?: Wikidata records people named Wiegand in the United States.
Is the surname Wiegand getting more or less common?: More common. 5,959 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,004 in 2010, up 0.8%.