The Weisskopf surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 183 people carried this name — #98,982 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is up 30% from 141 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
558 people named Weisskopf live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 56 people named Weisskopf.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Weisskopf in American newspapers,
1902–1920.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 662 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Weisskopf.
- Weishaupt 487 · U.S. census
- Weiss 57,112 · U.S. census
- Weisse 546 · U.S. census
- Weissenburger 151 · U.S. census
- Weisser 1,768 · U.S. census
- Weissgerber 212 · U.S. census
- Weissler 215 · U.S. census
- Weissmann 604 · U.S. census
- Weisz 2,555 · U.S. census
- Weiter 106 · U.S. census
- Weitz 3,141 · U.S. census
- Welch 108,987 · U.S. census
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