Weiler Surname
Approximately 33,261 people bear this surname
Weiler Surname Definition:
(Ger.) belonging to Weiler = the Village, Hamlet [Ger. weiler, Middle High German \wiler, O.H.Ger. wílári; Low Latin villari-us: see Villlers in Dict.]
Read More About This SurnameWeiler Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 15,607 | 1:5,158 | 618 |
| United States | 10,737 | 1:33,758 | 4,215 |
| Brazil | 1,583 | 1:135,233 | 5,165 |
| Canada | 1,364 | 1:27,013 | 3,595 |
| France | 915 | 1:72,593 | 10,157 |
| Austria | 712 | 1:11,960 | 1,675 |
| Luxembourg | 613 | 1:947 | 82 |
| Switzerland | 378 | 1:21,727 | 3,462 |
| Israel | 238 | 1:35,956 | 4,990 |
| Paraguay | 164 | 1:44,126 | 1,332 |
| Netherlands | 130 | 1:129,901 | 20,177 |
| Belgium | 92 | 1:124,964 | 18,228 |
| Hungary | 88 | 1:111,549 | 10,635 |
| Sweden | 86 | 1:114,497 | 8,198 |
| Australia | 78 | 1:346,099 | 29,260 |
| Argentina | 68 | 1:628,580 | 44,177 |
| Thailand | 64 | 1:1,103,724 | 164,273 |
| England | 50 | 1:1,114,361 | 53,243 |
| Poland | 49 | 1:775,689 | 62,719 |
| Dominican Republic | 39 | 1:267,511 | 9,432 |
| Denmark | 32 | 1:176,397 | 14,920 |
| Spain | 31 | 1:1,508,130 | 46,256 |
| Chile | 21 | 1:838,880 | 17,964 |
| Malta | 18 | 1:23,904 | 1,289 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Croatia | 5 | 1:845,721 | 48,179 |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 1:1,195,017 | 6,919 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Uruguay | 4 | 1:857,940 | 31,713 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Liechtenstein | 2 | 1:19,189 | 1,439 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Faroe Islands | 1 | 1:48,998 | 2,049 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,160 | 1:43,292 | 5,034 |
Weiler (249) may also be a first name.
Weiler Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Ger.) belonging to Weiler = the Village, Hamlet [Ger. weiler, Middle High German \wiler, O.H.Ger. wílári; Low Latin villari-us: see Villlers in Dict.]
From “Hamlet” in German. Also from place name in Wurtenberg, Germany (Weil).
(German) One who came from Weil (house), in Wurttemberg.
User-submitted Reference
A German word meaning 'hamlet' - a small group of houses, for example, a village. Multiple small towns and villages can be found across Germany (but especially in the west, near the Rhine) with the name ending -weiler. For example: Annweiler and Maxweiler. It is possible that the name (both surname and town name endings) originates from Jewish communities that settled in the region around the 10th century (AD).
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Weiler Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weiler Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Weiler occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Weiler click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Weiler? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 16,699th most frequently held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 219,102 people. The last name Weiler occurs mostly in Europe, where 57 percent of Weiler are found; 55 percent are found in Western Europe and 52 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 565,047th most frequently held first name internationally. It is borne by 249 people.
The surname Weiler is most common in Germany, where it is held by 15,607 people, or 1 in 5,158. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Baden-Württemberg, where 27 percent are found, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 26 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 24 percent are found. Besides Germany this last name occurs in 63 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 32 percent are found and Brazil, where 5 percent are found.
Weiler Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Weiler has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Weiler surname increased 926 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 556 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Weiler Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Weiler surname are 7.17% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 53.94% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Weiler earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 6.78% more than the national average, earning $46,074 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.12% more than the national average, earning $54,215 CAD per year.
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Weiler Reference & Research
Weiler DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Weiler FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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