A German surname, Weber, from the noun meaning ‘weaver.’ The Middle High German term wëber, came from weben means ‘to weave’. The English forms include Weaver and Webber. This name is widespread throughout central and eastern Europe.

Origins of Weber are Germany, Switzerland and Preussen with those areas having Weber a common surname.

In the 1880s most Weber families worked as farmers.

In England there some with the Weber surname in many of the English counties, but the highest concentration is in the London area. In Scotland the county of Lanarkshire has a higher percentage of Weber families.

States of New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Illinois have higher populations with the name Weber within the United States.

Famous: David Weber (classical clarinetist playing for symphony orchestras in Detroit and New York), John Henry Weber (19th century Danish-German-American fur trader and explorer in the Rocky Mountains), Mary E. Weber (engineer and American NASA astronaut in space 1995 and 2000), Pete Weber (professional bowler), Wilhelm E. Weber (19th century physicist and telegraphy pioneer, speed of light concept), Karl J. Weber (19th century German writer and witty satirist), Richard Weber (Canadian Arctic and polar explorer making 45 trips to the North Pole from 1978 to 2006), Karl Jakob Weber (18th century Swiss architect and engineer; lead first organized excavations at Herculaneum, Pompeii and Stabiae) and Jon Weber (American jazz pianist and composer).