The Weider surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 622 people carried this name — #36,048 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is down 16% from 742 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 240 people named Weider.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 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
27 people named Weider live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.
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.
Who carried it
People named Weider,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ben Weider 1923–2008 · businessperson -
Ben Weider 1924–2008 · businessperson
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Wolfgang Weider 1932–2024 · Catholic priest -
Manfred Weider 1901–
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Olaf Weider 1907–1978 · pharmacist
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Bjarne Odd Weider 1913–1985 · presbyter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Weider.
- Wehrle 2,021 · U.S. census
- Wehrli 611 · U.S. census
- Wehrung 229 · U.S. census
- Weibel 1,817 · U.S. census
- Weick 979 · U.S. census
- Weidemann 949 · U.S. census
- Weidmann 324 · U.S. census
- Weidner 8,400 · U.S. census
- Weigel 6,740 · U.S. census
- Weil 6,455 · U.S. census
- Weiland 6,163 · U.S. census
- Weiler 10,160 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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