The Weigand surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,666 people carried this name — #8,928 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 80,600 people counted. That is down 3% from 3,793 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

44 people named Weigand live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 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 13
St. Gallen 9
Bern 5
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 4
Valais 4
Aargau 3
Graubünden 3
Vaud 3

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 Argentina’s national register

At least 28 people named Weigand 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 28

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

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 27 people named Weigand.

9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 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 9
Paris 8
Bas-Rhin 3
Bouches-du-Rhône 2
Moselle 2
Haut-Rhin 2
Val-de-Marne 1

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

In print

Weigand in American newspapers,
1897–1918.

Newspaper page from Rock Island Argus carrying the name Weigand
Rock Island Argus 1909-07-23
Newspaper page from Rock Island Argus carrying the name Weigand
Rock Island Argus 1897-02-15
Newspaper page from Free Trader-journal carrying the name Weigand
Free Trader-journal 1918-10-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,854 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Weigand in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1950s.

864 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Weigand. The most, 236, 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 New South Wales, at 2.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 721
Queensland 58
Western Australia 28
South Australia 27
Victoria 17
Tasmania 12
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Weigand,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Karl Weigand
    Karl Weigand 1804–1878 · university teacher
  • Jakob Weigand d. 1561 · pastor
  • Georg Heinrich Friedemann Weigand d. 1823 · parson
  • Friedrich Weigand 1482–1559 · judge
  • Georg Friedrich Weigand 1667–1736 · painter
  • Wigand Weigand 1749–1837 · historian

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 Weigand,
in the records of 6 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 States1,318 records

1,318 records of the Weigand name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 510
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 460
  • Other U.S. records 348
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Arthur A. Weigand

    Born 1930; from New York, New York. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in South Korea. Buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (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 Joseph P. Weigand

    Born 1921 in Indiana. Enlisted 1945 at Indianapolis; construction laborer from Vanderburg County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1979, buried at St Chrysotom Cemetery, Tell City, Indiana.

    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 Dorothea Weigand

    Arrived at New York in 1887 aboard the Elbe from Bremen, aged 18; servant. From Kitzingen, Germany; bound for New York.

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

Showing 3 of 1,318 records for Weigand 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. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Germany729 records

729 records of the Weigand name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 703
  • German emigration and citizenship files 13
  • Other German records 13
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Alexander Weigand

    Born 1898; from Kauritz. Reported taken prisoner in the Prussian casualty list of 5 December 1918 (Infantry Regiment No. 453).

    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 Jakob Weigand

    Left Stadtlauringen for Vienna, Austria in 1840.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Staatsarchiv Würzburg (CC0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Johann Michael Weigand

    Naturalised at Windsbach im Königreich Bayern in 1898; master shoemaker.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg (CC0)

Showing 3 of 729 records for Weigand 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Netherlands51 records

51 records of the Weigand name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 31
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 19
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Johann Karel Michael Weigand

    Married in 1892 in Haarlem; "stoffenverver". Died 1898 in Haarlem, aged 32.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Carl Louis Weigand

    Born 1893 in Haarlem. Died 1972 in Apeldoorn.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Johanna Weigand

    In the population register of Amsterdam; born 1854 in Amsterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Amsterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 51 records for Weigand 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

France14 records

14 records of the Weigand 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 Lucien Weigand

    Born 1903 in Paris; died 1976 in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre (Val-de-Marne).

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

    Born 1913 in Germany; died 1999 in Verneuil-sur-Vienne (Haute-Vienne).

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

    Born 1896 in Metz; died 1976 in Metz (Moselle).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 14 records for Weigand 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).

Australia5 records

5 records of the Weigand name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 3
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jacob Weigand

    Sailed from Victoria in 1912 aboard the Zieten II, bound for Bremen, aged 36.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Henry Weigand

    Of Terara, Shoalhaven; died 1887.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Johannes Weigand

    Held a land order in Queensland in 1865.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Weigand in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

United Kingdom5 records

5 records of the Weigand name in the United Kingdom
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 4
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. Weigand

    Lancashire Fusiliers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 1 of 5 records for Weigand in the United Kingdom.

Counts: MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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