Weight Surname
Approximately 4,180 people bear this surname
Weight Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an official title. 'the wait,' i.e. the watchman (v. Wayt and Wait). This, of course, is an imitative form. Weight conveyed a meaning when the original sense of Wait was forgotten.
1610. Buried — Richard Weight, free of the Poulterer: St.
Read More About This SurnameWeight Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,963 | 1:184,645 | 18,409 |
| England | 888 | 1:62,746 | 7,375 |
| Australia | 692 | 1:39,011 | 5,060 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| New Zealand | 100 | 1:45,283 | 7,455 |
| Canada | 89 | 1:413,995 | 36,402 |
| South Africa | 56 | 1:967,459 | 60,627 |
| Ireland | 29 | 1:162,377 | 7,171 |
| Iran | 19 | 1:4,041,185 | 108,332 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Isle of Man | 10 | 1:8,582 | 1,778 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:594,869 | 21,724 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:386,816 | 19,671 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 637 | 1:38,266 | 4,920 |
| Wales | 44 | 1:35,646 | 1,944 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:935,804 | 21,348 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 757 | 1:66,339 | 7,211 |
Weight (278) may also be a first name.
Weight Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an official title. 'the wait,' i.e. the watchman (v. Wayt and Wait). This, of course, is an imitative form. Weight conveyed a meaning when the original sense of Wait was forgotten.
1610. Buried — Richard Weight, free of the Poulterer: St. Peter, Cornhill.
1805. Married — Samuel Weight and Joyce Smith: St. George, Hanover Square.
Most probably from the Old English personal name Wiht. Thomas Whight, burgois de Seint John de Perth, rendered homage, 1291 (RR.). A family of this name was settled about Ormiston, East Lothian, from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century. James Wicht was prebendary of the Collegiate Church of Holy Trinity in Edinburgh, 1554 (Soltre, p. 200). Alexander Wycht was a monk of Inchaffray, 1555 (Inchaffray, p. xcix), John Weycht is recorded in Auchtinraicht in the same year (Protocols, I), and Hendrie Veycht and Riche Wycht were tenants on lands of the Abbey of Kelso, 1567 (Kelso, p. 519,520). Weight 1686.
For Wait(e, q.v.
1. The Anglo-Saxon wiht means a man, a creature, any thing; and the O. Eng, night, still retained in the phrase "luckless wight," has a similar signification. Another and more usual meaning of the word, is swift or active, as in the illustrative quotation of Halliwell: —
Weight Demographics
Average Weight Salary in
United States
$47,292 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Weight Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weight Come From? nationality or country of origin
Weight occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Weight? popularity and diffusion
Weight is the 111,146th most frequently occurring last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,743,432 people. The last name Weight is predominantly found in The Americas, where 49 percent of Weight reside; 49 percent reside in North America and 48 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 532,586th most frequently used forename in the world, borne by 278 people.
It is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 1,963 people, or 1 in 184,645. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Utah, where 37 percent are found, California, where 9 percent are found and Pennsylvania, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States it is found in 44 countries. It is also found in England, where 21 percent are found and Australia, where 17 percent are found.
Weight Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Weight has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Weight surname increased 259 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 139 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 1,450 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 225 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it decreased 82 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Weight Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Weight last name is predominantly Presbyterian (50%) in Ireland.
In The United States Weight are 25.45% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 72.22% being registered with the party.
The amount Weight earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 120.27% more than the national average, earning R 523,452 per year; in United States they earn 9.6% more than the national average, earning $47,292 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.58% more than the national average, earning $54,940 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wight | 91 | 15,050 | / |
| Waight | 83 | 2,669 | / |
| Whight | 83 | 459 | / |
| Beight | 83 | 301 | / |
| Veight | 83 | 57 | / |
| Wights | 83 | 14 | / |
| Wieght | 83 | 6 | / |
| Wighte | 83 | 3 | / |
| Wightt | 83 | 1 | / |
| Weaght | 83 | 1 | / |
| Weiget | 83 | 1 | / |
| Weigdt | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wheght | 83 | 0 | / |
| Woight | 83 | 0 | / |
| Weighd | 83 | 0 | / |
| Weighed | 77 | 1,037 | / |
| Veights | 77 | 8 | / |
| Weigett | 77 | 7 | / |
| Waiight | 77 | 3 | / |
| Whaight | 77 | 1 | / |
| Waightt | 77 | 1 | / |
| Weigget | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wheiget | 77 | 1 | / |
| Whighte | 77 | 0 | / |
| Wyght | 73 | 33 | / |
| Vight | 73 | 30 | / |
| Bight | 73 | 26 | / |
| Waght | 73 | 2 | / |
| Beght | 73 | 0 | / |
| Veght | 73 | 0 | / |
| Voight | 67 | 5,270 | / |
| Veghte | 67 | 135 | / |
| Voeght | 67 | 24 | / |
| Veghts | 67 | 24 | / |
| Waught | 67 | 12 | / |
| Vaight | 67 | 8 | / |
| Huight | 67 | 8 | / |
| Boight | 67 | 7 | / |
| Vioght | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wasght | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beghtt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wought | 67 | 0 | / |
| Baight | 67 | 0 | / |
| Vighte | 67 | 0 | / |
| Vieght | 67 | 0 | / |
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