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The Weinberg surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,825 people carried this name — #3,612 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 30,000 people counted. That is down 1% from 9,958 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Weinberg surname

From Middle High German wīnberc. Analysable as Wein (“wine”) + Berg (“mountain, hill”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Weinberg» (German), 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 203 people named Weinberg.

39 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 départements, most often Paris.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 39
Paris 62
Moselle 43
Corrèze 6
Bas-Rhin 6
Ain 5
Rhône 4
Yvelines 4
Hauts-de-Seine 4

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 98 people named Weinberg 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 City of Buenos Aires.

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

Where they live today

City of Buenos Aires 71
Buenos Aires Province 27

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

65 people named Weinberg 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 31
Basel-Landschaft 10
Geneva 6
Zug 5
Ticino 4
Lucerne 3
Neuchâtel 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 Belgium’s population register

At least 56 people named Weinberg live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.

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

Where they live today

Liège 31
Antwerp 19
Brussels-Capital 6

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

107 people named Weinberg is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 107

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).

Who carried it

People named Weinberg,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Justus Fredric Weinberg
    Justus Fredric Weinberg 1770–1832 · architect
  • Sten Weinberg d. 1966 · military personnel
  • Johann Adam Kaschnitz von Weinberg 1629–1709
  • Johann Baptist Kaschnitz von Weinberg 1660–1710
  • Ferdinand Kaschnitz von Weinberg 1699–1733
  • Josef Kaschnitz von Weinberg 1705–1753 · mintmaster

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Weinberg is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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