Weed Surname

42,184th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,374 people bear this surname

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

Weed Surname Definition:

(German, English) Descendant of Wido, a pet form of names beginning with Wid (forest), as Widwalt and Widulf; dweller in, or near, a weedy place.

Weed Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11,2131:32,3254,034
Canada2511:146,79515,033
Saudi Arabia2391:129,10417,726
England2221:250,98220,313
Egypt1531:600,88732,813
Wales791:39,1713,833
South Africa271:2,006,58290,678
Australia251:1,079,82861,253
Germany251:3,220,218147,383
Scotland181:297,43413,849
New Zealand141:323,45226,435
Pakistan111:16,240,35364,496
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Afghanistan61:5,358,86425,178
China51:273,464,31313,838
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
France31:22,140,907385,998
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1921:126,95511,883
Wales91:174,2686,522
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,2081:11,9341,541

Weed (209) may also be a first name.

Weed Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German, English) Descendant of Wido, a pet form of names beginning with Wid (forest), as Widwalt and Widulf; dweller in, or near, a weedy place.

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

There is a Friesic Wéda; but Weed is more probably the same as Wade, in H.R. De Wade and De la Wade, and = Ford.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Weed Last Name Facts

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

The surname Weed occurs most in The United States. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Weed? popularity and diffusion

The last name Weed is the 42,184th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 588,940 people. Weed occurs mostly in The Americas, where 93 percent of Weed reside; 92 percent reside in North America and 92 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 625,736th most widespread first name in the world. It is borne by 209 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 11,213 people, or 1 in 32,325. In The United States Weed is most frequent in: California, where 8 percent reside, Texas, where 7 percent reside and New York, where 6 percent reside. Excluding The United States this surname is found in 62 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 2 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 2 percent reside.

Weed Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Weed has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 266 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 116 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 878 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Weed Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Weed surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Weed surname are 15.59% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 62.36% registered with the party.

The amount Weed earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 18.29% more than the national average, earning R 281,100 per year; in United States they earn 5.05% more than the national average, earning $45,330 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.65% less than the national average, earning $47,871 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wheed89880/
Hweed894/
Weedt892/
Weeyd891/
Wed86715/
Wheedh802/
Wete755,922/
Wied753,446/
Wedd751,292/
Weid751,080/
Beed75767/
Wead75492/
Weet75164/
Whed75155/
Wedø75121/
Veed7569/
Weyd7553/
Wedh7511/
Wedt754/
Wedå751/
Wued750/
Waheedt731/
Weidt671,008/
Wette67820/
Wheet67442/
Weate67320/
Weite67246/
Weeth67202/
Weydt67198/
Hwete67174/
Hweet67123/
Wethe67120/
Wiedt6795/
Weete6766/
Beedh6715/
Vwete6715/
Whitehed6714/
Wuete6711/
Whete6710/
Weyte679/
Weadd677/
Whied675/
Whead673/
Vheed673/
Veedh671/
Weett671/
Weads671/
Wechd671/
Weudt671/
Wheid671/
Weddd671/
Wehte671/
Whedh671/
Weidd671/
Hbeed671/
Waitehed671/
Wedch671/
Withehed670/

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Weed Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Weed
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