Weinreb Surname

277,637th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,395 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Weinreb Surname Definition:

(from the name of a male ancestor) or (from an ancestor's occupation) Weinreb means “vine” in German, and Weinraub is the Yiddish version of it. Weinstock is also a vine garland which decorated a wine shop. All these names were used by owners of wine shops.

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Weinreb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9691:374,05533,122
Israel2911:29,4084,219
Canada381:969,62173,252
England181:3,095,448105,421
Slovakia131:410,49652,415
Venezuela131:2,323,39126,733
Poland121:3,167,396120,990
Czechia91:1,181,49785,740
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Austria71:1,216,49180,919
France31:22,140,907385,998
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

The alternate forms: Weinréb (1) are calculated separately.

Weinreb Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(from the name of a male ancestor) or (from an ancestor's occupation) Weinreb means “vine” in German, and Weinraub is the Yiddish version of it. Weinstock is also a vine garland which decorated a wine shop. All these names were used by owners of wine shops. However, the word for vine became a symbol for the name Israel. When Joseph II issued the law compelling the Austrian Jews to assume family names, the officials forbade them from taking Hebrew names. But the Jews evaded the restriction by preserving a Hebrew name in a symbolic way. In Jeremiah 6:9 Israel is compared to a vine, and the above names reflect the prophet’s words.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

User-submitted Reference

For my family and many others, the names comes from an old ancestor who was a rabbi (Jewish) and made wine.

- guyweinreb

Weinreb Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Weinreb Come From? nationality or country of origin

Weinreb is found most frequently in The United States. It can be rendered as a variant: Weinréb. For other potential spellings of Weinreb click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Weinreb? popularity and diffusion

Weinreb is the 277,637th most commonly used last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 5,224,047 people. The surname Weinreb occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 70 percent of Weinreb reside; 68 percent reside in North America and 68 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 969 people, or 1 in 374,055. In The United States Weinreb is mostly found in: New York, where 40 percent are found, Florida, where 12 percent are found and California, where 10 percent are found. Beside The United States this surname occurs in 23 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 21 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.

Weinreb Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Weinreb has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Weinreb surname expanded 10,767 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Weinreb Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Weinreb surname are 45.02% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 98.25% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Weinreb earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 25.12% more than the national average, earning $53,986 USD per year and in Canada they earn 64.22% more than the national average, earning $81,590 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weinréb951/
Weinrieb9390/
Weinreib931/
Winreb921/
Weinrib86491/
Weinrob8664/
Weinryb8662/
Weinrep868/
Weinrab867/
Wainreb864/
Veinreb862/
Wejnreb861/
Weinrebová8224/
Weinrebova821/
Wainrib7163/
Wainryb7130/
Vainreb7114/
Wienrib716/
Weanrob711/
Veinrib711/
Wenierb711/
Wynrib6216/
Wajnryb5745/
Vainrib5724/
Veynrob5711/
Vainryb574/
Vajnreb574/
Vaynreb571/
Waynerb571/
Vainhryb531/

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