The Weber surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 109,433 people carried this name — #283 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,700 people counted. That is up 1% from 107,866 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Weber surname
A common surname originating as an occupation.
From Middle High German webære, from Old High German weberi, equivalent to weben (“to weave”) + -er.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Weber» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
19,963 people named Weber live in Switzerland.
They live in all 26 of Switzerland’s cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 10,757 people named Weber.
737 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 96 départements, most often Moselle.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
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 4,572 people named Weber 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
4,293 people named Weber have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 5,290 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 937 people named Weber live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
1,099 people named Weber are counted in Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Weber in American newspapers,
1873–1958.
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 Weber,
with a public archive behind them.
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Sofia Elisabet Weber 1659–1730 · writer
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Georg Heinrich Weber 1752–1828 · physician -
Josepha Weber 1757–1819 · opera singer -
Aloysia Weber 1760–1839 · actor -
Constanze Mozart 1762–1842 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 88 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Weber.
- Wawrzyniak 1,093 · U.S. census
- Wax 1,838 · U.S. census
- Way 14,157 · U.S. census
- Weaver 143,837 · U.S. census
- Webb 168,878 · U.S. census
- Webber 26,405 · U.S. census
- Webert 162 · U.S. census
- Webster 72,625 · U.S. census
- Wechsler 1,842 · U.S. census
- Weck 688 · U.S. census
- Weckel 205 · U.S. census
- Wecker 821 · U.S. census
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