The Weck surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 688 people carried this name — #33,241 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is down 3% from 712 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Weck surname
From the German surname, from the noun Weck (“wedge”). Also from Waccho, an old Germanic name related to the verb wachen (“to wake”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Weck» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 185 people named Weck.
11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
44 people named Weck live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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
73 people named Weck is counted in Finland.
Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Weck,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Weck 1495–1536 · composer
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Anton Weck 1623–1680 · writer
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Dominique Weck 1666–1731
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Niklaus Weck 1729–1803
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Simon Weck 1762–1808 · soldier
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Louis Joseph de Weck 1794–1882 · artist
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Weck.
- 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
- Weckel 205 · U.S. census
- Wecker 821 · U.S. census
- Weckerle 234 · U.S. census
- Weens 102 · U.S. census
- Wegmann 832 · U.S. census
- Wegner 8,192 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Weck is.
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