Weisberg Surname

74,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,605 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Weisberg Surname Definition:

(German, Czech-Slovakian) One who came from Weisserberg (white mountain), the name of places in Germany and Czechoslovakia; dweller on, or near, a white hill.

Weisberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,8601:74,5808,574
Israel1,3341:6,415969
Canada1551:237,71322,683
England701:795,97243,050
Germany281:2,875,195137,699
Argentina271:1,583,08986,049
Brazil241:8,919,764194,226
Denmark221:256,57819,736
France221:3,019,215204,848
Poland181:2,111,597101,748
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England131:1,875,02858,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Weisberg (30) may also be a first name.

Weisberg Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German, Czech-Slovakian) One who came from Weisserberg (white mountain), the name of places in Germany and Czechoslovakia; dweller on, or near, a white hill.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Weisberg Last Name Facts

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

Weisberg occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Weisberg click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Weisberg? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 74,404th most numerous family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 1,103,338 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 65 percent of Weisberg are found; 64 percent are found in North America and 64 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,911,214th most commonly occurring given name on earth. It is borne by 30 people.

The surname Weisberg is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 4,860 people, or 1 in 74,580. In The United States Weisberg is most numerous in: New York, where 19 percent reside, Florida, where 14 percent reside and New Jersey, where 6 percent reside. Barring The United States it occurs in 27 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 20 percent reside and Canada, where 2 percent reside.

Weisberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Weisberg has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Weisberg surname increased 44,182 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 538 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Weisberg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Weisberg last name are 42.27% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 95.5% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Weisberg earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 31.62% more than the national average, earning $56,793 USD per year and in Canada they earn 33.56% more than the national average, earning $66,359 CAD per year.

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