Minnieweather Surname

1,067,497th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 233 people bear this surname

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

Minnieweather Surname User-submission:

The Menyweather/Minnieweather surname occurs in many variants and is apparently mostly or solely an African-American name.

It first occurs in the 1840 US census with the personages of James A Mineweather and John Mennyweather. It is likely an Anglicisation of one of a number of German surnames that immigrated to The United States in the mid-19th century; such as Meinweser, Manweller or Manweiler.

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Minnieweather Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2321:1,562,323105,498
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Minnieweather Surname Meaning

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The Menyweather/Minnieweather surname occurs in many variants and is apparently mostly or solely an African-American name.

It first occurs in the 1840 US census with the personages of James A Mineweather and John Mennyweather. It is likely an Anglicisation of one of a number of German surnames that immigrated to The United States in the mid-19th century; such as Meinweser, Manweller or Manweiler. It appears the original German source surname may be Mannweiler. This surname is a locational surname, derived from the settlement Mannweiler in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

The surname appears sporadically in England in the 18th century as Man(e)yweather. It appears to have been an immigrant surname with forenames such as Mille. These families appear to have died out or significantly changed spelling.

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Minnieweather Demographics

Average Minnieweather Salary in
United States

$23,569 USD

Per year
Rank:
1,076,294 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
3.92417E-5
Rank: 159,012 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
54.62%
Sample size: 142 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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Minnieweather Last Name Facts

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

Minnieweather is found most frequently in The United States. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Minnieweather? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,067,497th most numerous family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 31,277,021 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Minnieweather reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 232 people, or 1 in 1,562,323. In The United States Minnieweather is primarily concentrated in: Louisiana, where 26 percent live, Oregon, where 26 percent live and Texas, where 20 percent live. Excluding The United States Minnieweather exists in one country. It is also found in Thailand, where 0 percent live.

Minnieweather Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Minnieweather surname are 2.03% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 55.26% being registered to vote for the political party.

Minnieweather earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 45.38% less than the national average, earning $23,569 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Minneweather9676/
Minniweather9610/
Minnieweathe964/
Minniewether961/
Mennieweather924/
Minnewather921/
Minniewaether921/
Minnieweahter921/
Minniwether921/
Minnewether920/
Minnewaether881/
Mennyweather805/
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