Meriwether Surname

163,169th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,663 people bear this surname

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

Meriwether Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Meriwether Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,6511:136,72514,296
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
England11:55,718,059489,080
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8791:57,1326,358

Meriwether (137) may also be a first name.

Meriwether Last Name Facts

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

Meriwether is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Meriwether? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 163,169th most common surname on earth, held by around 1 in 2,736,593 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 89 percent of Meriwether reside; 89 percent reside in North America and 89 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 790,880th most widespread given name in the world, borne by 137 people.

The last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 2,651 people, or 1 in 136,725. In The United States it is most frequent in: Texas, where 12 percent live, Tennessee, where 8 percent live and Indiana, where 8 percent live. Apart from The United States Meriwether is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 0 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Meriwether Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Meriwether has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 302 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Meriwether Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Meriwether last name are 11.71% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 58.48% registered with the political party.

Meriwether earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.2% less than the national average, earning $43,064 USD per year.

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Meriwether Reference & Research

Meriwether DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Meriwether 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
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Meriwether
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