Weathers Surname
Approximately 19,625 people bear this surname
Weathers Surname Definition:
(English) One who tended wethers or sheep, a shepherd.
Weathers Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18,635 | 1:19,450 | 2,440 |
| Jamaica | 324 | 1:8,858 | 995 |
| Australia | 222 | 1:121,602 | 13,381 |
| England | 206 | 1:270,476 | 21,309 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Canada | 32 | 1:1,151,425 | 83,867 |
| Ireland | 13 | 1:362,226 | 14,761 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 5 | 1:22,075 | 2,767 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1:1,509,441 | 47,971 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 12 | 1:369,156 | 13,616 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 85 | 1:286,769 | 19,769 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,868 | 1:26,884 | 3,299 |
Weathers (35) may also be a first name.
Weathers Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) One who tended wethers or sheep, a shepherd.
Weathers Demographics
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Weathers Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weathers Come From? nationality or country of origin
Weathers is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Weathers? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 27,396th most commonly held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 371,340 people. The surname Weathers is primarily found in The Americas, where 97 percent of Weathers reside; 95 percent reside in North America and 95 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,744,716th most numerous first name in the world It is held by 35 people.
The last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 18,635 people, or 1 in 19,450. In The United States it is primarily found in: Texas, where 10 percent are found, Georgia, where 8 percent are found and California, where 7 percent are found. Besides The United States this surname exists in 34 countries. It also occurs in Jamaica, where 2 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.
Weathers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Weathers has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Weathers last name increased 998 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 242 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 108 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 233 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Weathers Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Catholic (83%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Weathers last name are 14.94% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 61.71% registered with the political party.
The amount Weathers earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 6% less than the national average, earning $40,558 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.59% less than the national average, earning $46,905 CAD per year.
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Weathers Reference & Research
Weathers FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
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