Where Does the Weinberger Surname Come From?

Weinberger is how some branches of the Weinberg family came to write their name. The name is usually explained as “A vineyard or wine hill”.

• Related forms: Vainberg.
• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.
• Weinberger adds -er to the root of Weinberg, a common way of forming related surnames.
• About 4,897 people in the United States were recorded as Weinberger in 2010, placing it 6,870 on the national list. From 1891 to 2000, 121 births in France were registered under Weinberger.

Heraldry and the Weinberger name

Arms linked to Weinberg and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Research your Weinberger family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.