Last Name WEISS

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	White.

Origin	German, Jewish, Danish, Polish, Swiss, Slovakian, Croatian, Austrian, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank	531 (2000 US census)	662 (1990 US census)

Count	56,153 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

96.45%, or 54160 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.36%, or 202 total occurrences, as black,
0.47%, or 264 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.19%, or 107 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.08%, or 606 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.46%, or 820 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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