The Weaver surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 143,837 people carried this name — #192 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,050 people counted. That is up 4% from 138,811 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 52 people named Weaver.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Nord.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
25 people named Weaver live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
39 people named Weaver is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Weaver in American newspapers,
1880–1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Weaver,
with a public archive behind them.
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John Weaver 1601–1685 · politician -
Pauline Weaver 1797–1867 · explorer -
Jonathan Weaver 1824–1901 -
James B. Weaver 1833–1912 · mayor -
Ann Weaver Bradley 1834–1913 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 208 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Weaver.
- Wattier 354 · U.S. census
- Watts 89,649 · U.S. census
- Wauters 459 · U.S. census
- Wawrzyniak 1,093 · U.S. census
- Wax 1,838 · U.S. census
- Way 14,157 · U.S. census
- Webb 168,878 · U.S. census
- Webber 26,405 · U.S. census
- Weber 109,433 · U.S. census
- Webert 162 · U.S. census
- Webster 72,625 · U.S. census
- Wechsler 1,842 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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