Webber surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Webber surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 26,405 people carried this name — #1,335 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 11,200 people counted. That is up 1% from 26,178 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 71 people named Webber.

13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 13
Pas-de-Calais 25
Nord 23
Hauts-de-Seine 2
Paris 2
Tarn-et-Garonne 1
Yvelines 1
Rhône 1
Lot-et-Garonne 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 50 people named Webber live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 40
Corrientes 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

35 people named Webber is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 35

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

Webber in American newspapers,
1878–1945.

Newspaper page from New-York Tribune carrying the name Webber
New-York Tribune 1878-06-24
Newspaper page from The New Bloomfield, Pa. Times carrying the name Webber
The New Bloomfield, Pa. Times 1881-01-11
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Webber
Evening Star 1907-02-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,529,644 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Webber,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Webber
    John Webber 1751–1793 · painter
  • Sumner Allen Webber
    Sumner Allen Webber 1798–1862 · lawyer
  • George W. Webber
    George W. Webber 1825–1900 · politician
  • Alonzo Carter Webber
    Alonzo Carter Webber 1827–1904 · politician
  • William John Seward Webber
    William John Seward Webber 1842–1919 · sculptor

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 234 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Webber is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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