Weichert is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Weichert
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

The family name is variation of the Wicher. A wych is a salt spring, and a dweller near such a spring would, in the XIII or XIV century, readily acquire the surname De La Wyche, At Wych, or Wycher.

Weichert is a variant of Witcher. Dweller by the wych-elm tree; dweller at, or near, a salt spring.

The family name Weichert is variation of the Whitcher. One who made whithes, i.e., chests and coffers.

Weichert is a variation of Whitcher. Wicher1. A corruption of Whitchurch. 2. See - A wych is a salt spring, and a dweller near such a spring would, in the XIII or XIV century, readily acquire the surname De La Wyche, At Wych, or Wycher.

A variant of the Witcher. See Wicher - A wych is a salt spring, and a dweller near such a spring would, in the XIII or XIV century, readily acquire the surname De La Wyche, At Wych, or Wycher.

How popular is Weichert?

Weichert is common in Germany, United States, Poland.

Weichert is ranked 77601 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Weicherts grew by 16.52 per cent to 536 since 2000 and ranked 40745 after elevating 3358 spots. The last name was found in around 2 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.34 97.17
Weichert is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Germany which signifies its Germany provenence. Around 6302 people have been found who wears Weichert as their family name. Weichert is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Weichert:
2,140 Germany4,957
Countries with hundreds of Weichert:
36,968 United States847
29,641 Poland166
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
15,912 Sweden43
128,213 Brazil43
13,908 Denmark35
166,012 France34
50,673 Australia34
88,140 Canada30
39,193 Austria23
31,718 Switzerland19
72,236 Spain12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
170,599 England9
91,312 Czechia8
25,488 Scotland7
75,466 Israel6
190,047 Argentina6

Immigrants to US

From Germany

31 years old farmer Joh. Weichert who was residing in Germany migrated to USA on November 29, 1850 by Minna put out from Bremen. Laborer Joh.Heinrich Weichert, Carl Weichert, aged 27, 25 years old Johanne-Beathe Weichert, Aug. Weichert, aged 28, Miller Carl Weichert, 39 years old Dorette Weichert, Friedrich Weichert (47) Farmer, Johann Weichert, aged 13, and 83 other Weichert majority of whom were farmer and others worked as laborer and smith, miller, servant, merchant, shoemaker, daughter migrated to US.

Weichert Namesakes

  • Dieter Weichert, German mechanical engineer specialising

Weichert Namesakes

  • Dieter Weichert, German mechanical engineer specialising

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