Wetherby Surname

387,397th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 916 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Wetherby Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Wetherby,' a market- town in the parish of Spofforth, West Riding of Yorkshire This surname has thriven better in the United States than in England. Wetherbee is an Americanism, but not entirely unknown in this country; compare Applebee.

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Wetherby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8691:417,09936,198
England341:1,638,76668,634
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1291:188,95615,351
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5121:98,0839,977

Wetherby Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Wetherby,' a market- town in the parish of Spofforth, West Riding of Yorkshire This surname has thriven better in the United States than in England. Wetherbee is an Americanism, but not entirely unknown in this country; compare Applebee.

Robertas de Wethirby, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Scandinavian) belonging to Wetherby (Yorks), the Domesday Wedrebi = the Wether or Sheep Farm [Old Norse ueðr + bý-r]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Wetherby (sheep farm), in Yorkshire.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Wetherby, a town in Yorkshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Local. A town in west Yorkshire, England; the wide or extended village; Weider, Dutch, a herdsman, Weideri, the place of fattening cattle, and by, a village.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Wetherby Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wetherby Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Wetherby has its highest incidence in The United States. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wetherby.

How Common Is The Last Name Wetherby? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 387,397th most frequently held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 7,955,836 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 78 percent of Wetherby are found; 77 percent are found in North America and 77 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name Wetherby is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 869 people, or 1 in 417,099. In The United States Wetherby is mostly found in: Vermont, where 14 percent live, Florida, where 8 percent live and California, where 7 percent live. Aside from The United States this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in England, where 4 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.

Wetherby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wetherby has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wetherby last name expanded 170 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 74 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wetherby Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wetherby last name are 28.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 75% registered with the party.

Wetherby earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.26% more than the national average, earning $44,989 USD per year.

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Wetherby Reference & Research

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