Weyer surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Weyer surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,004 people carried this name — #10,649 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 98,000 people counted. That is down 4% from 3,117 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 219 people named Weyer.

10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 10
Bas-Rhin 44
Moselle 36
Vosges 29
Meurthe-et-Moselle 28
Pas-de-Calais 18
Haut-Rhin 16
Paris 9
Ille-et-Vilaine 6

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

In Poland’s population register

216 people named Weyer have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 279 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Pomeranian 180
Greater Poland 15
Lower Silesian 11
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 5
West Pomeranian 3
Silesian 2

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

52 people named Weyer live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

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

Where they live today

Bern 10
Aargau 9
Thurgau 9
Basel-Stadt 7
Geneva 5
Solothurn 5
Zurich 4
St. Gallen 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 print

Weyer in American newspapers,
1893–1905.

Newspaper page from The Cumberland Echo carrying the name Weyer
The Cumberland Echo 1893-11-16
Newspaper page from The Columbian carrying the name Weyer
The Columbian 1899-11-02
Newspaper page from The Columbian carrying the name Weyer
The Columbian 1905-11-02

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

Who carried it

People named Weyer,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Franz Anton Weyer d. 1730
  • Heinrich Wier 1545–1591 · personal physician
  • Heinrich Wier 1545–1590 · personal physician
  • Galenus Weyer 1547–1619 · physician
  • Gabriel Weyer 1576–1632 · painter
  • Hermann Weyer 1596–1621 · painter

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

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