Surname Weis.

  • Surname Weis in modern Croatia

    In Croatia, Weis families are Croats (from Zadar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosnian Krajina (Teslic area).

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  • Prevalence

    About 20 people with faimily name Weis live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
    They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Zagreb (<5) and Zadar (<5).

  • Outside Croatia


    Family name Weis (including: Weiss , Weisz , Weihs , Weiers , Weys , Weish , Weyss , Weies and Weisschu ) is present in 124 countries worldwide. The family name "Weis " is used by some 40000 people in Germany , about 20000 in the United States , and some 2000 people in Brazil. "Weiss " is used by some 80000 people in the United States , about 60000 in Germany , and some 10000 people in Brazil. "Weisz " is used by some 3000 people in the United States , about 1000 in Hungary , and some 1000 people in Germany.

  • Characteristic first names

    Roland Weis, Michael Weis, Lou Weis, Jelka Weis, Nada Weis, Marija Weis, Jasna Weis, Mandica Weis, Lidija Weis, Pavo Weis, Sabine Weis, Mira Weis, Anka Weis, Ivana Weis, Izrael Weis, Jelena Weis, Katherina Weis, Ladislav Weis, Leo Weis

  • Last name Weis around the globe

    See the countries where surname Weis is common, frequency and prevalence at mondonomo.ai

  • Mentions in sources

    In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over a hundred times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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