How rare is the last name Wei?

14,591 people in the United States have the last name Wei, about 1 in 20,485. It ranks #2,425 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

WEI

#2,425

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
14,591
About
1 in 20,485
This common or more
50.1%
Who bears it

Of the 14,591 people with the last name Wei, 94.8% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 2.8% as White and 1.4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Wei

#2,423 Mckinnon · 14,634#2,424 Lind · 14,609#2,426 Hough · 14,583#2,427 Julian · 14,572

Spelled almost the same

5 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Wei, most common first.

#17,509 Wee · 1,577#28,830 Wey · 878#48,879 We · 466#99,694 Weh · 194#103,857 Weih · 184

Also a first name

As a first name, Wei ranks #1,758 of 53,615, with 17,173 people. See Wei as a first name

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