The Wegener surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,120 people carried this name — #10,326 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 94,300 people counted. That is up 2% from 3,053 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

148 people named Wegener live in Switzerland.

They live in 13 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

Zurich 45
Vaud 20
Aargau 13
Basel-Stadt 10
Geneva 10
Thurgau 9
St. Gallen 9
Bern 8

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 41 people named Wegener.

16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Paris.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 16
Paris 13
Moselle 3
Seine-Maritime 2
Pas-de-Calais 2
Haut-Rhin 1
Bas-Rhin 1
Hérault 1
Eure 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 20 people named Wegener 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 20

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

In the Nordic population registers

28 people named Wegener is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 28

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

Wegener in American newspapers,
1909–1914.

Newspaper page from Judith Gap Journal carrying the name Wegener
Judith Gap Journal 1909-03-19
Newspaper page from Washington Journal carrying the name Wegener
Washington Journal 1914-03-14
Newspaper page from Detroiter Abend-post carrying the name Wegener
Detroiter Abend-post 1914-11-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,910 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Wegener in Australian newspapers,
1860s–2000s.

4,688 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Wegener. The most, 1,351, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in South Australia, at 4.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

South Australia 2,335
Queensland 1,376
New South Wales 757
Victoria 165
Western Australia 29
ACT (Canberra) 11
Tasmania 6
Northern Territory 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Wegener.

Who carried it

People named Wegener,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Caspar Frederik Wegener
    Caspar Frederik Wegener 1802–1893 · archivist
  • Hermann Wegener 1600–1613 · printer
  • Joachim Wegener 1600–1600
  • Ernst Wegener 1706– · historian
  • Moritz Anton Fabian Wegener 1718–1792
  • Wilhelm Theodor Wegener 1724–1792 · engineer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Wegener,
in the records of 8 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,643 records

1,643 records of the Wegener name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1,221
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 205
  • Other U.S. records 217
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record August W. Wegener

    Born 1898 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Dallas; stock clerk from Tarrant County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1982, buried at Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Claude A. Wegener

    Born 1908 in South Dakota. Enlisted 1943 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota; farm hand. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1990, buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Marie Wegener

    Arrived at New York in 1891 aboard the Aller from Bremen, aged 16; farmer. From Bremen, Germany; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 1,643 records for Wegener in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Germany2,423 records

2,423 records of the Wegener name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 2,365
  • German emigration and citizenship files 56
  • German estate files 2
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Hermann Wegener

    Born 1886; from Einbeck. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 29 November 1915; then reported dead in the list of 4 January 1917 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 91).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Theresia Wegener

    Left Großberg for North America in 1853.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Staatsarchiv Landshut (CC0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Otto Wegener

    Estate settled in 1909.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0)

Showing 3 of 2,423 records for Wegener in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Netherlands513 records

513 records of the Wegener name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 252
  • Dutch population registers 234
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 27
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Hendricus Wegener

    Married in 1873 in Goor; shoemaker. Died 1917 in Goor, aged 70; labourer.

    Open Archives, Collectie Overijssel locatie Zwolle (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Geessien Wegener

    Married in 1888 in Nieuwe Pekela. Died 1932 in Haren, aged 69.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Johann Hermann Wegener

    Married in 1874 in Wisch; carter. Died 1904 in Silvolde, aged 57; factory worker.

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 513 records for Wegener in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Australia94 records

94 records of the Wegener name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 44
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 23
  • Other Australian records 27
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Julius Wegener

    Arrived in Queensland in 1884 aboard the Duke of Westminster, aged 24.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Herbert Christopher Wegener

    Labourer of Trentham East, Victoria; died 1965.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Dorothy May Wegener

    Born 1917 in Collinsvale, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 94 records for Wegener in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada29 records

29 records of the Wegener name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 12
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 11
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 6
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Rinehart William Wegener

    Buried in 1975 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 66.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Christine Ann Wegener

    Buried in 1970 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 81.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Michael F. W. Wegener

    Died 1962 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 29 records for Wegener in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France22 records

22 records of the Wegener name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Madeleine Leonie Wegener

    Born 1914 in Courbevoie (Paris); died 1987 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record David Jean Pierre Wegener

    Born 1967 in Les Andelys (Eure); died 1994 in Trans-en-Provence (Var).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Elisabeth Wegener

    Born 1904 in Strasbourg; died 1982 in Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 22 records for Wegener in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Norway5 records

5 records of the Wegener name in Norway Norway's 1910 census
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Rudolf Wegener

    Census of 1910: Østre Jernbanegate, Bergen; "tobaksfabrikant", born 1861 in Bremen Tyskland.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Edith Wegener

    Census of 1910: Jomfrugate, Trondhjem; born 1909 in Trondhjem.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)

Showing 2 of 5 records for Wegener in Norway.

Counts: Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Finland1 record

1 record of the Wegener name in Finland Finland's war dead, 1914–1922
  1. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Friedrich Wilhelm August Wegener

    Born 1887 in Lüskow; cab driver. Died in 1918 in Helsinki, one of the dead of Finland's wars of 1914–1922.

    Kansallisarkisto, via Sotasurmasampo (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Kansallisarkisto, via Sotasurmasampo (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

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