The Wey surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 930 people carried this name — #26,261 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 312,500 people counted. That is up 12% from 832 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,405 people named Wey live in Switzerland.
They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 137 people named Wey 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
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 105 people named Wey.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Moselle.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Wey.
- Wetter 1,553 · U.S. census
- Wetterer 120 · U.S. census
- Wettstein 1,279 · U.S. census
- Wetzel 15,849 · U.S. census
- Wetzler 1,114 · U.S. census
- Wexler 3,787 · U.S. census
- Weyand 1,501 · U.S. census
- Weyant 2,130 · U.S. census
- Weydert 285 · U.S. census
- Weyer 3,004 · U.S. census
- Weyh 221 · U.S. census
- Weyl 294 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Wey 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.