Weed Surname
Approximately 12,374 people bear this surname
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
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11,213 | 1:32,325 | 4,034 |
| Canada | 251 | 1:146,795 | 15,033 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| England | 222 | 1:250,982 | 20,313 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Wales | 79 | 1:39,171 | 3,833 |
| South Africa | 27 | 1:2,006,582 | 90,678 |
| Australia | 25 | 1:1,079,828 | 61,253 |
| Germany | 25 | 1:3,220,218 | 147,383 |
| Scotland | 18 | 1:297,434 | 13,849 |
| New Zealand | 14 | 1:323,452 | 26,435 |
| Pakistan | 11 | 1:16,240,353 | 64,496 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Afghanistan | 6 | 1:5,358,864 | 25,178 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 192 | 1:126,955 | 11,883 |
| Wales | 9 | 1:174,268 | 6,522 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,208 | 1:11,934 | 1,541 |
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.
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.
Weed Demographics
Average Weed Salary in
United States
$45,330 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheed | 89 | 880 | / |
| Hweed | 89 | 4 | / |
| Weedt | 89 | 2 | / |
| Weeyd | 89 | 1 | / |
| Wed | 86 | 715 | / |
| Wheedh | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wete | 75 | 5,922 | / |
| Wied | 75 | 3,446 | / |
| Wedd | 75 | 1,292 | / |
| Weid | 75 | 1,080 | / |
| Beed | 75 | 767 | / |
| Wead | 75 | 492 | / |
| Weet | 75 | 164 | / |
| Whed | 75 | 155 | / |
| Wedø | 75 | 121 | / |
| Veed | 75 | 69 | / |
| Weyd | 75 | 53 | / |
| Wedh | 75 | 11 | / |
| Wedt | 75 | 4 | / |
| Wedå | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wued | 75 | 0 | / |
| Waheedt | 73 | 1 | / |
| Weidt | 67 | 1,008 | / |
| Wette | 67 | 820 | / |
| Wheet | 67 | 442 | / |
| Weate | 67 | 320 | / |
| Weite | 67 | 246 | / |
| Weeth | 67 | 202 | / |
| Weydt | 67 | 198 | / |
| Hwete | 67 | 174 | / |
| Hweet | 67 | 123 | / |
| Wethe | 67 | 120 | / |
| Wiedt | 67 | 95 | / |
| Weete | 67 | 66 | / |
| Beedh | 67 | 15 | / |
| Vwete | 67 | 15 | / |
| Whitehed | 67 | 14 | / |
| Wuete | 67 | 11 | / |
| Whete | 67 | 10 | / |
| Weyte | 67 | 9 | / |
| Weadd | 67 | 7 | / |
| Whied | 67 | 5 | / |
| Whead | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vheed | 67 | 3 | / |
| Veedh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weett | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weads | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wechd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weudt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wheid | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weddd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wehte | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whedh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weidd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hbeed | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waitehed | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wedch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Withehed | 67 | 0 | / |
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Weed Reference & Research
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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
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- 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 Weed
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