Weatherspoon Surname
Approximately 6,008 people bear this surname
Weatherspoon Surname Definition:
I can make nothing out of this surname, and leave it to the consideration of more enlightened students. I can furnish them with materials, but that is all. My Yorkshire references clearly represent some of its ancestors.
Adam Wytherpyn, Norfolk, 1273.
Read More About This SurnameWeatherspoon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,732 | 1:63,234 | 7,402 |
| England | 143 | 1:389,637 | 27,109 |
| Guyana | 61 | 1:12,495 | 1,773 |
| Australia | 23 | 1:1,173,726 | 64,589 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| Grenada | 3 | 1:36,178 | 1,426 |
| Panama | 3 | 1:1,304,086 | 13,647 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 35 | 1:696,439 | 33,013 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:748,643 | 18,576 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 416 | 1:120,718 | 11,763 |
Weatherspoon Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
I can make nothing out of this surname, and leave it to the consideration of more enlightened students. I can furnish them with materials, but that is all. My Yorkshire references clearly represent some of its ancestors.
Adam Wytherpyn, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Adam Wyerpin, Norfolk, ibid.
Johannes Withspone, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Willelmus Wythspone, 1379: ibid.
John Wetherpyn, vicar of Thrickby, Norfolk, 1419: History of Norfolk.
The meaning of this name is uncertain. 'Sheep pasture' has been reasonably suggested from Old English and ME. weðer, 'sheep, lamb, and spong, obsolete English for a tongue-shaped piece of land enclosed by or lying next to higher ground. Late in the thirteenth century Roger Wythirspon, clerk, attested a grant by James the High Steward of lands in Renfrew (OPS., I, p. 77). "Widderspune the foulare that tald talis and brocht foulis to the king" received a payment in 1496 (ALHT., I, p. 307; Trials, I, p. 116). John Wyddirspwn was tenant of Dalbeth in 1518 (Rental), and a tenant of Cupar-Angus Abbey, c. 1500, was named Wychthirspone. Maister Nichol Vithirspouyne who witnessed letters of reversion, 1519 (Pollok, I, p. 241) may be Nicholas Wethirspwne, witness in Glasgow, 1548 (Protocols, I). Sir Thomas Vaddirspoun, a cleric, was witness at Falkland, 1548 (Gaw, 8). Thomas Witherspuyn witnessed a tack by the abbot of Cupar, 1521 (SCM. V, p. 294), and Archibald Wetherspune held the vicarage of Karridden, 1546 (LSC., p. 261). Robert Wyddirspune was witness in West Lothian, 1547 (Binns, 40). The Rev. John Witherspoon (1722-1794), born in Yester, became president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1768, and took an active part in the American Revolution on the side of the colonists. General William Wallace Wotherspoon (1850-1921), head of the state canal system of New York, was of Scottish descent. Uedtherspon 1560, Uthirspwne 1552, Vatherspoone 1637, Wedderspoone 1620, Wetherspone 1614, Wetherspwne 1549, Wethirspone 1590, Wethirspune 1569, Weyhthirspon 1546, Widerspune 1483, Witherspone 1583, Witherspune 1588, Withirspovune c. 1530, Withirspwne 1575, Wodderspoon 1761, Wotherspone 1601, Wyddirspwnn 1485, Wyderspone 1477.
V. Wetherspoon.
(Scottish, English) Dweller at, or near, the wether or sheep enclosure.
Weatherspoon Demographics
Average Weatherspoon Salary in
United States
$34,769 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Weatherspoon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weatherspoon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Weatherspoon occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Weatherspoon click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Weatherspoon? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 80,953rd most frequent surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,212,974 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Weatherspoon live; 95 percent live in North America and 95 percent live in Anglo-North America.
Weatherspoon is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 5,732 people, or 1 in 63,234. In The United States it is most common in: Illinois, where 10 percent are found, Texas, where 9 percent are found and Michigan, where 6 percent are found. Not including The United States this last name occurs in 18 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent are found and Guyana, where 1 percent are found.
Weatherspoon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Weatherspoon has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Weatherspoon surname rose 1,378 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 409 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 160 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Weatherspoon Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Weatherspoon surname are 3.79% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 57.02% registered to vote for the political party.
Weatherspoon earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.42% less than the national average, earning $34,769 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wetherspoon | 96 | 309 | / |
| Wheatherspoon | 96 | 17 | / |
| Watherspoon | 96 | 6 | / |
| Weatherspon | 96 | 3 | / |
| Weaterspoon | 96 | 3 | / |
| Weeatherspoon | 96 | 1 | / |
| Weatherspoone | 96 | 0 | / |
| Weathrspoon | 96 | 0 | / |
| Weitherspoon | 92 | 27 | / |
| Whetherspoon | 92 | 3 | / |
| Wheaterspoon | 92 | 3 | / |
| Weatherspone | 92 | 2 | / |
| Woetherspoon | 92 | 1 | / |
| Waetherspoon | 92 | 1 | / |
| Weahterspoon | 92 | 1 | / |
| Weatherspoom | 92 | 1 | / |
| Wettherspoon | 92 | 0 | / |
| Wietherspoon | 92 | 0 | / |
| Wetherspon | 91 | 0 | / |
| Weittherspoon | 88 | 1 | / |
| Witherspoon | 87 | 18,283 | / |
| Wheterspoon | 87 | 1 | / |
| Weatherspom | 87 | 0 | / |
| Wethirspoon | 87 | 0 | / |
| Whitherspoon | 83 | 114 | / |
| Witherspoone | 83 | 2 | / |
| Withherspoon | 83 | 1 | / |
| Witherrspoon | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wittherspoon | 83 | 1 | / |
| Waethersppon | 83 | 1 | / |
| Witherspoond | 83 | 1 | / |
| Withersspoon | 83 | 0 | / |
| Witherspon | 82 | 12 | / |
| Witerspoon | 82 | 6 | / |
| Withrspoon | 82 | 2 | / |
| Westerspon | 82 | 0 | / |
| Whiterspoon | 78 | 59 | / |
| Withersppon | 78 | 3 | / |
| Witherspone | 78 | 2 | / |
| Withersponn | 78 | 2 | / |
| Witterspoon | 78 | 2 | / |
| Whitherspon | 78 | 1 | / |
| Witherspoom | 78 | 1 | / |
| Witthrspoon | 78 | 1 | / |
| Witharspoon | 78 | 1 | / |
| Wihterspoon | 78 | 1 | / |
| Withirspoon | 78 | 0 | / |
| Whitterspoon | 75 | 1 | / |
| Withirspon | 73 | 0 | / |
| Whistersppoon | 72 | 1 | / |
| Whiterspoun | 70 | 1 | / |
| Witerspan | 67 | 6 | / |
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