The Weiner surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 14,208 people carried this name — #2,546 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 20,700 people counted. That is down 5% from 14,903 in 2000.

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In Poland’s population register

470 people named Weiner have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 598 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 12 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Silesian 153
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 76
Pomeranian 73
Opole 53
Warmian-Masurian 40
Lesser Poland 15
Lublin 13
Greater Poland 13

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 165 people named Weiner 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 Santa Fe.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Santa Fe 103
Buenos Aires Province 25
City of Buenos Aires 23
Mendoza 14

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

68 people named Weiner live in Switzerland.

They live in 10 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 24
St. Gallen 7
Vaud 6
Lucerne 6
Graubünden 6
Basel-Stadt 5
Basel-Landschaft 4
Bern 4

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 46 people named Weiner.

20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 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 20
Paris 12
Drôme 5
Hauts-de-Seine 1
Tarn-et-Garonne 1
Yvelines 1
Rhône 1
Bas-Rhin 1
Moselle 1

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

In the Nordic population registers

168 people named Weiner are counted in Sweden and Finland.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 148
Finland (2026) 20

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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Weiner in American newspapers,
1898–1927.

Newspaper page from The San Francisco Call carrying the name Weiner
The San Francisco Call 1898-10-09
Newspaper page from South Bend News-times carrying the name Weiner
South Bend News-times 1927-04-02
Newspaper page from The Butler Weekly Times carrying the name Weiner
The Butler Weekly Times 1908-01-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 567 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Weiner in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1990s.

1,530 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Weiner. The most, 555, date from the 1940s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Victoria, at 2.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 664
Victoria 522
Queensland 158
South Australia 105
Western Australia 54
ACT (Canberra) 17
Tasmania 7

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

Who carried it

People named Weiner,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Richard S. Weiner d. 2002 · physician
  • Markus Weiner 1500–1565 · religious person
  • Hans Weiner 1575–1620 · engraver
  • Franciscus Weiner 1692–1740 · professor
  • Valentin Weiner 1808–1870
  • Rosalia Weiner 1822–1896

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Weiner,
in the records of 9 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 States5,432 records

5,432 records of the Weiner name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2,382
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 1,003
  • Other U.S. records 2,047
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Milton H. Weiner

    Born 1907 in Wisconsin. Enlisted 1941 at Milwaukee; filling station attendant from Milwaukee County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1959, buried at Wood National Cemetery, Wisconsin.

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

    Arrived at New York in 1891 aboard the Augusta Victoria from Hamburg and Southampton, aged 36; laborer. From Zytomir, Russia; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Robert Elias Weiner

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1938, died 1997; buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 5,432 records for Weiner in the United States.

Counts: 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. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · Ramsey County, Minnesota (public domain). 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Germany330 records

330 records of the Weiner name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 329
  • German emigration and citizenship files 1
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Wladisl Weiner

    Born 1886; from Graudenz. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 29 December 1916.

    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 Michael Weiner

    Left Neustadt a.Main for North America in 1854.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Staatsarchiv Würzburg (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list August Weiner

    From Birkenbrück, Bunzlau. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 29 July 1915 (Infantry Regiment No. 19).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 330 records for Weiner 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).

Netherlands57 records

57 records of the Weiner name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 31
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 23
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 3
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Marie Elise Margot Weiner

    Married in 1932 in Haarlem. Died 1943 in Haarlem, aged 29.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Joseph Hugo Kurt Weiner

    Married in 1933 in Heerlen; miner, born 1907 in Stassfurt.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Maria Elizabeth Weiner

    Died 1846 in Meppel, aged 49.

    Open Archives, Drents Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 57 records for Weiner 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).

Australia42 records

42 records of the Weiner name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 30
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 10
  • Other Australian records 2
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Max Weiner

    Shoe manufacturer of St Kilda, Victoria; died 1958.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Henrich Weiner

    Arrived in Victoria in 1865 aboard the Southern Ocean, aged 24.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Emil Weiner

    Seaman aboard the Seiriol Wyn, Queensland in 1890.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 42 records for Weiner in Australia.

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

France26 records

26 records of the Weiner 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 Georges Weiner

    Born 1907 in Paris; died 2001 in Saint-Germain-des-Fossés (Allier).

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

    Born 1899 in Germany; died 2000 in Freyming-Merlebach (Moselle).

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

    Born 1917 in Hungary; died 1998 in Pantin (Seine-Saint-Denis).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 26 records for Weiner 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).

Canada11 records

11 records of the Weiner name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 5
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 4
  • Other Canadian records 2
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record William Weiner

    Died 1971 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 69.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record John Weiner

    Buried in 1938 at Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Reinhard Weiner

    Died 1912; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.

Showing 3 of 11 records for Weiner in Canada.

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

Norway4 records

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

    Census of 1910: Helgesens gate, Kristiania; born 1909 in Kristiania.

    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 Herman Weiner

    Census of 1910: Helgesens gate, Kristiania; born 1884 in Russia.

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

    Census of 1910: Helgesens gate, Kristiania; born 1891 in Russia.

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

Showing 3 of 4 records for Weiner 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).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Weiner name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record N. E. Weiner

    Hampshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

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

Counts: 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).

Belgium1 record

1 record of the Weiner name in Belgium Belgian civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Anni Weiner

    Died 1953 in Brusselbaan te Erembodegem; born 1925 in Putinci.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Aalst (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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