Find out how popular the last name Weigand is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Weigand.

Weigand, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Weigand surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Weigand in America

Weigand is the 8928th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Weigand surname appeared 3,666 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Weigand.

We can also compare 2010 data for Weigand to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Weigand

The surname Weigand originated in Germany and can be traced back to the 12th century. It is derived from the Old German words "wih" meaning "consecrated" or "holy" and "gant" meaning "region" or "area". The name likely referred to someone who lived near a sacred or hallowed place.

Weigand was initially a first name that later became a surname in the German-speaking regions of Europe. Some of the earliest records of the name can be found in medieval manuscripts and chronicles from the 12th and 13th centuries.

One of the earliest known people with the surname Weigand was Johannes Weigand, a German monk and chronicler who lived in the late 13th century. He wrote a chronicle of the city of Erfurt, which provides valuable insights into the history of that region.

In the 15th century, a notable figure named Hans Weigand was a prominent businessman and merchant in the city of Nuremberg. He was involved in the lucrative trade of spices and other goods from the Middle East and Asia.

During the 16th century, Johann Weigand was a renowned German theologian and Lutheran reformer. He was a close associate of Martin Luther and played a significant role in the Protestant Reformation.

In the 17th century, Erhard Weigand was a German mathematician and astronomer who made important contributions to the field of mathematics and celestial calculations.

Another notable person with the surname Weigand was Johann August Weigand, a 19th-century German linguist and philologist. He was renowned for his work on the German language and its dialects, as well as his contributions to the study of other European languages.

The name Weigand has also been associated with various place names in Germany, such as Weigandshain, Weigandsfelden, and Weigandsthal, suggesting that the surname may have originated from or been influenced by these locations.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Weigand

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Weigand.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Weigand was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Weigand has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Weigand was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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