# Zweig (surname)

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

A surname from German or Yiddish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,121 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,838 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 275,420 people |
| Change since 2000 | -3.2% (1,158 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Zweig.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Zweig 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% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

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

## People named Zweig

- Stefan Zweig, Austrian writer (1881–1942)
- George Zweig, American physicist
- Friderike Maria Zweig, Austrian translator (1882–1971)

## Similar surnames

Zook, Zayas, Zak, Zack, Zwick, Zawacki, Zick, Zach, Zych, Zech, Zaki, Zuk.

## 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.