Weis is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Weis
No. of characters: 4
Origin: United States
Meaning: Matches Alsatian or German weiss (= white). Nickname denoting one who has white hair.

How popular is Weis?

Weis is common in United States.

Weis is ranked 10281 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Weis bearers increased by 3.558152 per cent in 2010 US census to 9750 since 2000, the surname slipped by 177 spots and ranked at 3645. The last name was found in around 33 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.65 96.64
Hispanic or Latino 2.06 1.29
Others 1.1 0.86
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.69 0.49
Black 0.37 0.5
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.13 0.22
Weis is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany while Luxembourg is ahead in terms of density. Around 52187 people have been found who wears Weis as their family name. Weis is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
4,742 China9
38,459 New Zealand7
527,030 Indonesia7
8,411 Costa Rica4
122,390 Belarus4
14,126 Colombia3
46,068 Philippines3
41,879 Turkey2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
20,837 Venezuela2
5,300 Syria2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
9,185 Hong Kong2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
20,186 Kenya2
31,767 Greece2
34,681 Norway2
4,367 Afghanistan2
717 Bhutan1
3,350 Fiji1
7,110 Bosnia1
6,149 Ethiopia1
880 Djibouti1
1,704,541 India1
30,360 Thailand1
1,542 Andorra1
4,249 Cambodia1
2,715 Gabon1
38,841 Scotland1
36,678 Singapore1
24,176 Qatar1
21,562 Portugal1
5,924 Paraguay1
9,591 Panama1
16,283 Lithuania1
19,533 Uruguay1
8,859 Iraq1
9,498 Iceland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
11,387 Ireland22
186,451 Ukraine16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
19,740 Romania84
30,841 Spain80
3,974 Mauritania73
5,607 Slovenia68
24,466 Belgium67
14,205 Sweden65
14,717 Chile54
Countries with hundreds of Weis:
13,698 France686
953 Denmark561
1,369 Slovakia528
2,250 Israel507
12,159 Argentina448
43 Luxembourg435
6,748 Australia427
10,458 Canada377
3,196 Switzerland360
17,922 Poland334
6,963 Czech Republic256
8,230 Peru242
14,946 Netherlands186
30,207 England151
53,156 Italy134
23,602 Mexico131
43,624 South Africa110
109,297 Russia104
Countries with thousands of Weis:
397 Austria1,755
8,689 Brazil1,590
Countries with ten thousands of Weis:
151 Germany29,857
3,245 United States12,400
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Joseph Weis worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 19 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Montezuma and arrived on March 11, 1850. John Weis, aged 26, Joseph Weis, aged 20, are other Weis that migrated to US.

Comments

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Willa Bartolotta
Weis is a variant of weiss means white and applied to a white-haired man: sobriquet became surname.

Weis Namesakes

  • Adam Weishaupt, Philosopher
  • Adina Weiss, Author
  • Adolph Weiss, Composer
  • Adriaan Willem Weissman, Architect
  • Adrienne Weiss, Actor
  • Guilherme Weisheimer, Soccer player
  • Aiken Weiss, Cinematographer
  • Akiva Aryeh Weiss, Jeweler
  • Akiva Weiss, Lawyer
  • Árpád Weisz, Soccer player

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