Wever
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Labial variation (v/w) in surname spellings; likely toponymic to Wever (Brabant)
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈwivɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Wever is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country. In Aruba it is the 9th most common surname.
- NLNetherlands1 in 5.4K(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 348K
- AWAruba≈1 in 1.2K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Netherlands (measured from records)
- Sources
- 222 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.2K (inferred from the name graph)
3,218 people, 2007
Highest-authority source
Aruba, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Labial variation (v/w) in surname spellings; likely toponymic to Wever (Brabant). 568 Tokens.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Wever counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | — | 3,218 | 1 in 5.4K | 3.2K | Wever | 77 |
| US United States | — | 955 | 1 in 348K | 1.1K | Wever | 222 |
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈540 est. | ≈1 in 396K | — | Wever | 5 |
| GT Guatemala | — | ≈330 est. | ≈1 in 52K | — | Wever | 22 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈300 est. | ≈1 in 352K | — | Wever | 4 |
| VE Venezuela | — | ≈230 est. | ≈1 in 126K | — | Wever | 20 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 204K | — | Wever | 45 |
| AW Aruba | #9 | ≈99 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | — | Wever | 21 |
3,218 people counted by CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007), 2007. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Wever is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Berufsname zu mnd. wever 'Weber'; zeigt b/f/v/w-Variation, mit v-Formen am Niederrhein. Bearer count: 568.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- John M. Weverb. 1847USUnion Army soldier
- Fritz Weverb. 1852DEGerman architect (1852-1913)
- Walther Weverb. 1887DEGerman officer and Chief of the Luftwaffe General Staff (1887–1936)
- Anne-Marie Durand-Weverb. 1889DEGerman gynaecologist (1889–1970)
- Paul Weverb. 1893DEGerman naval officer (1893-1944)
- Elfriede Weverb. 1900DEGerman middle-distance runner
- Hans Weverb. 1922DEGerman rector
- Walther Weverb. 1923DEGerman flying ace (1923-1945)
- Margrieta Weverb. 1978NLDutch model
- Merritt Weverb. 1980USAmerican actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 25 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 3.2K | #328 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.1K | #23,720 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 955 | #25,793 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 865 | #26,520 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Wever come from?
- Labial variation (v/w) in surname spellings; likely toponymic to Wever (Brabant). 568 Tokens. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus.
- How do you pronounce Wever?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈwivɝ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Wever mean?
- Recorded meaning: Labial variation (v/w) in surname spellings; likely toponymic to Wever (Brabant).
- In which country does Wever have the most bearers?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 3.2 thousand people named Wever, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled wever.
- How common is the name Wever?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 3,218 people named Wever in 2007, about 1 in 5.4 thousand residents.
- How common is Wever compared with other names?
- In Aruba, Wever is the 9th most common surname of 212 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/weverThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Wever” — the 9th most common surname in Aruba. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.