Withers Surname

17,521st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31,595 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Withers Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Wither.' Lower writes: 'Wither occurs in Domesday as a tenant prior to that census.' The surname constantly appears in the Hundred Rolls, but always without prefix, suggesting that its origin is personal; compare Witherslack, Withersfield, Withersdale, Witherley, all parishes set down in Crockford.

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Withers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States15,1971:23,8513,003
England7,8381:7,1091,033
Australia4,4121:6,119891
Canada1,2131:30,3763,967
New Zealand8261:5,482885
Wales5981:5,175568
Scotland4271:12,5381,670
South Africa3401:159,34617,918
Northern Ireland2591:7,1241,247
Thailand891:793,689128,670
Ireland761:61,9604,107
Brazil681:3,148,15291,004
French Polynesia251:11,2322,339
Germany241:3,354,394150,996
France171:3,907,219231,005
Isle of Man151:5,7211,243
Sweden131:757,44356,422
United Arab Emirates121:763,52325,625
Jersey121:8,2671,718
India121:63,922,115578,870
Norway111:467,48139,375
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
Denmark71:806,38843,211
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
Peru51:6,356,82538,776
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
China31:455,773,85521,925
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Bolivia21:5,308,21712,400
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Barbados21:143,7241,981
Mauritius21:646,70813,517
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland2051:21,6092,462
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4,6701:5,220789
Wales1541:10,185620
Scotland911:41,1343,094
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,3281:15,0901,934

Withers (91) may also be a first name.

Withers Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Wither.' Lower writes: 'Wither occurs in Domesday as a tenant prior to that census.' The surname constantly appears in the Hundred Rolls, but always without prefix, suggesting that its origin is personal; compare Witherslack, Withersfield, Withersdale, Witherley, all parishes set down in Crockford.

Agnes Wyther, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Richard Wyther, Oxfordshire, ibid.

Simon Wvther, Huntingdonshire, ibid.

Walter Wythor, Cambridgeshire ibid.

1590. Married — Jeames Wythers and Ann Graye: St. Michael, Cornhill.

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

Wither’s (Son): v. Wither.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller at the sign of the ram.

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

Wither occurs in Domesd. as a tenant prior to that census. Widderson may be a patronymical form. H.R. Wyther.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Robert Witer, Normandy 1180 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Samuel Wither, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

The Norman People (1874)

From the Old Norse, Viðarr; from the Frisian, Withers; from the Flemish, Wittert; from the German, Wieder; in the Domesday Book, Wider, Widard; a personal name.$

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Withers Last Name Facts

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

Withers is found most frequently in The United States. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Withers? popularity and diffusion

The last name Withers is the 17,521st most widely held last name globally, borne by around 1 in 230,655 people. The last name Withers occurs mostly in The Americas, where 49 percent of Withers reside; 48 percent reside in North America and 48 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Withers is also the 998,282nd most common first name worldwide It is held by 91 people.

The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 15,197 people, or 1 in 23,851. In The United States Withers is primarily found in: Texas, where 8 percent are found, North Carolina, where 7 percent are found and Illinois, where 5 percent are found. Excluding The United States Withers exists in 74 countries. It is also found in England, where 25 percent are found and Australia, where 14 percent are found.

Withers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Withers has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Withers surname expanded 457 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 168 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 388 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 469 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 63 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Withers Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Withers surname is primarily Anglican (45%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Withers surname are 12.49% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.26% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Withers earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 495.02% more than the national average, earning 2,059,250 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 45.89% more than the national average, earning R 346,692 per year; in United States they earn 0.73% less than the national average, earning $42,834 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.65% more than the national average, earning $53,483 CAD per year.

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Withers Reference & Research

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