The Weill surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 513 people carried this name — #42,308 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 588,200 people counted. That is down 20% from 645 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 934 people named Weill.
48 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 53 départements, most often Bas-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
99 people named Weill live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 53 people named Weill 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
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Weill,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alexandre Weill 1811–1899 · writer -
Émile Weill-Mallez 1833–1904 · politician -
Alexandre Weill 1834–1906 · banker -
Raphaël Weill 1837–1920 · businessperson -
Mathieu Weill 1851–1939 · mathematician -
Michel Aaron Weill 1814–1889 · rabbi
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Weill.
- 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
- Weimann 525 · U.S. census
- Weimer 8,050 · U.S. census
- Wein 1,842 · U.S. census
- Weinberg 9,825 · U.S. census
- Weinberger 4,897 · U.S. census
- Weinert 1,617 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Weill is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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