Weiler
surname · Latin script
Meaning: hamlet (very small settlement which lacks some of the typical features of a village, such as a church or a village square)
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 19 countries · latest register: BFS, 2024
/ˈvaɪ̯.lɐ/(recorded in a dictionary) German · from Wiktionary
Weiler is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- LULuxembourg≈1 in 1.9K(inferred from the name graph)
- DEGermany≈1 in 7.3K
- AGAntigua & Barbuda≈1 in 17Kfew records
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Weiler itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 340 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.9K (inferred from the name graph)
≈11,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Luxembourg, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)hamlet (very small settlement which lacks some of the typical features of a village, such as a church or a village square)
Cited for this meaning 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Weiler 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | #689 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 7.3K | — | Weiler | 162 |
| US United States | — | 10,160 | 1 in 33K | 10K | Weiler | 340 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 33K | — | Weiler | 126 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 60K | 74 | Weiler | 66 |
| FR France | — | ≈750 est. | ≈1 in 91K | 83 | — | 3 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈520 est. | ≈1 in 18K | — | Weiler | 55 |
| LU Luxembourg | — | ≈360 est. | ≈1 in 1.9K | 620 | — | 11 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 318 | 1 in 26K | 318 | Weiler | 30 |
| AG Antigua & Barbuda | #718 | ≈6 est. | ≈1 in 17K | — | Weiler | 1 |
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; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); Luxembourg top-100 surnames (surnam.es); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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)Weiler is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Toponymischer Familienname, abgeleitet von Ortsnamen; Variantencluster mit Weiler, Weil.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte
In German, Toponymischer Familienname: zu Siedlungsnamen wie Weiler; Bearer count 4574.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte
In German, 1. see WIEL; 2. from mhd. wiler < lat. villare 'hamlet, estate'
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
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)- Walter Weilerb. 1903CHSwiss footballer (1903-1945)
- A. H. Weilerb. 1908USAmerican film critic
- Sepp Weilerb. 1921DEGerman ski jumper (1921–1997)
- Barbara Weilerb. 1946DEGerman politician
- Günter Weilerb. 1951DEGerman general
- Albert Weilerb. 1965DEGerman politician
- Jan Weilerb. 1967DEGerman journalist and writer
- Mark Weilerb. 1972USAmerican actor and producer
- René Weilerb. 1973CHSwiss association football player and manager
- Nick Weiler-Babbb. 1995USAmerican basketball player
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)31 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 19 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 10K | #3,515 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 7.5K | #4,584 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 6.6K | #4,928 |
| LU Luxembourg | Luxembourg top-100 surnames (surnam.es) | — | 620 | #82 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 318 | #4,126 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 116 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 113 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 96 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 85 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 83 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 83 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 81 | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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
- What does the name Weiler mean, and where does it come from?
- hamlet (very small settlement which lacks some of the typical features of a village, such as a church or a village square) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Weiler?
- In German /ˈvaɪ̯.lɐ/ (Wiktionary).
- In which country does Weiler have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 11 thousand people named Weiler in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled weiler.
- How common is the name Weiler?
- In the United States, the national register counted 10,160 people named Weiler in 2010, about 1 in 33 thousand residents.
- How common is Weiler compared with other names?
- In Germany, Weiler is the 689th most common surname of 765,306 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/weilerThe 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, “Weiler” — the 689th most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.