Explore the Family Name Weah

The meaning of Weah

West African (Liberia): from a male personal name found among the Kru people, of unexplained etymology.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Weah in the United States?

The popularity of the surname Weah has significantly increased between 2000 and 2010 according to data from the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, it was ranked 116,835th in terms of commonality among US surnames but jumped to the rank of 47,429 by 2010 - a leap amounting to a change of approximately 59.41 percent. The count of individuals bearing this name also surged from 138 in 2000 to 447 in 2010, representing an increase of 223.91 percent. This trend is further reflected in the proportion per 100,000 people, which grew by a sizable 200.0 percent from 0.05 to 0.15.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#116,835	#47,429	59.41%
Count	138	447	223.91%
Proportion per 100k	0.05	0.15	200%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Weah

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of individuals with the Weah surname identified as Black, with percentages of 92.03 in 2000 and 93.96 in 2010 - a slight increase of 2.10 percent. White individuals constituted 5.80 percent of the Weah surname bearers in 2000, but this figure dwindled to 2.46 percent by 2010, marking a decrease of 57.59 percent. Interestingly, no individuals with the Weah surname identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year. However, there was a small emergence of individuals identifying with two or more races in 2010, making up 2.91 percent of those with the Weah surname.

	2000	2010	Change
Black	92.03%	93.96%	2.1%
Two or More Races	0%	2.91%	0%
White	5.8%	2.46%	-57.59%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%