Weatheread Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
Weatheread Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an occupation. The wetherherd was a tender of rams. The change of the suffix -herd into -head was a natural one, and is now all but universal.
John le Wetherhurde, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Read More About This SurnameWeatheread Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 66 | 1:5,491,802 | 273,080 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
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| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
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| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Weatheread Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an occupation. The wetherherd was a tender of rams. The change of the suffix -herd into -head was a natural one, and is now all but universal.
John le Wetherhurde, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
John Wetherhird. Issues of the Exchequer.
Johannes Wetherhyrd, faber, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Thomas Jonson Wetherhird (i.e. Thomas, the son of John Wetherherd), 1379: ibid.
Agnes Wederhead, of Hornby, 1580: Lancashire Wills at Richmond.
1583-4. William Smithe, yeoman, and Joan Wetherhedd: Marriage Lic. (London).
1618. Edward Wethered, Oxfordshire: Register of the University of Oxford.
1633. Bant. — Mary, d. Nicholas Wetherheael:
-ster as in spinster, was so much more popular that Weaver has not pushed its way into the directories so successfully as might have been expected. But in America it has prospered wonderfully. The simple Webb (which see) also took from the success of this name.
1522. George Wever: Register of the University of Oxford.
1585. Thomas Weaver, of Wettenhall, gent.: Wills at Chester.
1610. Married — Henrie Planncon, Dutchman, and Margrett Weaver: St. Peter, Cornhill.
1646. Cecilia Weever, of Warrington, widow: Wills at Chester.
Nicholas Weever, of Goosnargh, 1670: Lancashire Wills at Richmond.
WETHERHERD: From the occupation of 'wether-herd' or shepherd (Old English weder + hierde). Thomas dictus Wethyrhyrde held six bovates of land in Neucraneston, c. 1200 (Neubotle, p. 168). William Wytherhird of Berwickshire rendered homage, 1296 (Bain, II, p. 210).
Weatherhead: Of local origin from some small place of the name (a hill), probably in Berwickshire. William Wedderat was burgess of Lauder in 1493 (Laing, 217), George Wedderheid or Weddirheid had a precept carte feodifirme in 1532 and another in 1542 (RSS., II, 1308, 4671), and Robert Wedderat was clerk of the diocese of St. Andrews and notary public in 1547 (RRM., III, p. 342). Payment was made to Robene Wedderate in renunciation of his tacks in 1567 (Dryburgh, p. 404). Andrew Wedderheid rendered to Exchequer the accounts of the burgh of Lauder in 1560 (ER., XIX, p. 117), and five years later we have sasine of land in Lauder to Andrew Wedderat (ibid., p. 544). Cuthbert Wedderet witnessed a sasine of 1541 (Home, 252), David Wedderhead is recorded in the parish of Makarstoune in 1559 (Lauder), Margaret Watherit in Skaithmoor, 1685 (RPC., 3. ser. X, p. 480), and the tenement of George Waderit is mentioned in 1692 (Retours, Berwick, 446). George Hume Weatherhead (c. 1790—1853) was author of several medical works and M. P. for Edinburgh, c. 1850, and T. C. Weatherhead was author of educational works for examination purposes. Wadderat 1632.
1. Local: "the bleak promontory?" 2. Perhaps a corruption of Wetherherd.
WETHERHERD: A shepherd-one who took care of wether-sheep. This name is ancient, occurring temp. Edward I.
Weatherhead was the name of the vicar of Thorp Arch, in the city of York, early last century (D.).
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Weatheread Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weatheread Come From? nationality or country of origin
Weatheread is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Weatheread click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Weatheread? popularity and diffusion
The surname Weatheread is the 2,333,370th most widespread last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 108,769,342 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Weatheread reside; 99 percent reside in North America and 99 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
It is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 66 people, or 1 in 5,491,802. In The United States it is most frequent in: Texas, where 85 percent reside, Maine, where 5 percent reside and California, where 3 percent reside. Excluding The United States this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Belgium, where 1 percent reside.
Weatheread Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Weatheread has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Weatheread last name expanded 6,600 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Weatheread Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Weatheread last name are 16.34% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 69.57% registered to vote for the party.
Weatheread earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.44% less than the national average, earning $39,940 USD per year.
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