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    The surname Wiegert

    A German surname, carried by 1,134 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W263

    Wiegert: #22,637 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wiegert #22,637, 1,134 people Wiegert: #22,637 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wiegert #22,637, 1,134 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wiegert is more common than 86% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    A surname from German.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,134 people named Wiegert in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 272,262 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,013.

    #22,637
    rank among US surnames
    1,134
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.9%
    change since 2000 (was #23,411)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #22,637Prato1,134272,262
    #22,646DiVincenzo1,133272,503

    Who is named Wiegert

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

    96% of people named Wiegert identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wiegert

    Wiegert has the Soundex code W263, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W263.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Wiegert come from?
    Wiegert is German in origin.
    How common is the surname Wiegert?
    1,134 people in the United States had the surname Wiegert in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 272,262 Americans. It ranked 22,637th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wiegert?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wiegert identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Wiegert getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,013 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,134 in 2010, up 12%.